Where does “gotch” come from?

gotch (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano tulog, from Proto-Philippine *tuduʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tuduʀ, from Proto-Austronesian tuduʀ — to sleep.

gotch (Cebuano): to sleep

Definitions

  1. to sleep

Ancestry of “gotch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanotulogto sleep; sleep
2Proto-Philippine*tuduʀto sleep
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantuduʀto sleep
4Proto-Austronesiantuduʀto sleep
Every word from Proto-Austronesian tuduʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tuduʀ →Every word from Proto-Philippine *tuduʀ →