Where does “mananagat” come from?

mananagat (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano dagat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daʀat — littoral sea.

mananagat (Cebuano): a fisherman

Definitions

  1. a fisherman

Ancestry of “mananagat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanodagatthe sea; the ocean; the beach; the coast; the...
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandaʀatlittoral sea
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daʀat →Every word from Cebuano dagat →
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