Where does “haluan tasik” come from?

haluan tasik (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano tasik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tasik — sea; saltwater.

haluan tasik (Cebuano): the blotched snakehead (Channa maculata)

Definitions

  1. the blotched snakehead (Channa maculata)

Ancestry of “haluan tasik”, step by step

haluan tasik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano tasik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanotasikthe liquid residue of saltmaking; to spatter
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantasiksea; saltwater

via Cebuano haluan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanohaluanthe snakehead murrel
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tasik →Every word from Cebuano tasik →