Where does “kuyog baboy” come from?

kuyog baboy (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano baboy, from Proto-Philippine babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian babuy, from Proto-Austronesian babuy — pig.

kuyog baboy (Cebuano): A tagalong; one that persistently follows...

Definitions

  1. A tagalong; one that persistently follows...

Ancestry of “kuyog baboy”, step by step

kuyog baboy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano baboy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanobaboya pig; any member of the genus "Sus"; a fat...
2Proto-Philippinebabuypig
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbabuypig
4Proto-Austronesianbabuypig

via Cebuano kuyog

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanokuyoggoing with or accompanying someone to a certain place
Every word from Proto-Austronesian babuy →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian babuy →Every word from Proto-Philippine babuy →