Where does “dagom” come from?

dagom (Cebuano) comes from Proto-Philippine *daʀum, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zaʀum, from Proto-Austronesian zaʀum — needle.

dagom (Cebuano): needle

Definitions

  1. needle

Ancestry of “dagom”, step by step

dagom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Philippine *daʀum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippine*daʀumneedle
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianzaʀumneedle
3Proto-Austronesianzaʀumneedle

via Bantayanon dagom

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bantayanondagomclothes
Every word from Proto-Austronesian zaʀum →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zaʀum →Every word from Proto-Philippine *daʀum →