Where does “tudlo dato” come from?

tudlo dato (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano dato, from Cebuano datu, from Proto-Philippine *datu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian datu — king.

tudlo dato (Cebuano): the sharp razor clam (Pharella acutidens)

Definitions

  1. the sharp razor clam (Pharella acutidens)

Ancestry of “tudlo dato”, step by step

tudlo dato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano dato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanodatowealthy; a wealthy person
2Cebuanodatua datu
3Proto-Philippine*datu—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandatuking

via Cebuano tudlo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanotudloa finger; to point; to teach, to tutor, to coach
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian datu →Every word from Proto-Philippine *datu →Every word from Cebuano datu →