Where does “bulad nukos” come from?

bulad nukos (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano bulad, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəlaj — spread out to dry in the sun.

bulad nukos (Cebuano): dried squid

Definitions

  1. dried squid

Ancestry of “bulad nukos”, step by step

bulad nukos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano bulad

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanobuladdried fish or squid
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*bəlajspread out to dry in the sun

via Cebuano nukos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanonukosa squid that is bigger than a lumigagon but...
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəlaj →Every word from Cebuano bulad →