Where does “sulu” come from?

sulu (Cebuano) comes from Spanish Sulu, from Tausug Sulug, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sələg.

sulu (Cebuano): Sultanate of Sulu

Definitions

  1. Sultanate of Sulu

Ancestry of “sulu”, step by step

sulu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish Sulu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishSulu—
2TausugSulug—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*sələg—

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suluq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*suluqtorch
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sələg →Every word from Tausug Sulug →Every word from Spanish Sulu →