Where does “duyong” come from?
duyong (Cebuano) comes from Malay duyung, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duyuŋ.
duyong (Cebuano): a dugong
Ancestry of “duyong”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | duyung | dugong |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *duyuŋ | — |