Where does “tokhang” come from?

tokhang (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano tuktok, from Proto-Austronesian *tuktuk — beak.

tokhang (Cebuano): to knock on a suspected drug trafficker or drug...

Definitions

  1. to knock on a suspected drug trafficker or drug...

Ancestry of “tokhang”, step by step

tokhang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano tuktok

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanotuktokto knock on something; to strike with the beak
2Proto-Austronesian*tuktukbeak

via Cebuano hangyo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanohangyoto request; to appeal; to haggle; to bargain; a...

Words derived from “tokhang”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *tuktuk →Every word from Cebuano tuktok →