Where does “tugsay” come from?

tugsay (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano tulog, from Proto-Philippine *tuduʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tuduʀ, from Proto-Austronesian tuduʀ — to sleep.

tugsay (Cebuano): to sleep early

Definitions

  1. to sleep early

Ancestry of “tugsay”, step by step

tugsay traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano tulog

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanotulogto sleep; sleep
2Proto-Philippine*tuduʀto sleep
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantuduʀto sleep
4Proto-Austronesiantuduʀto sleep

via Cebuano sayo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanosayoearly
Every word from Proto-Austronesian tuduʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tuduʀ →Every word from Proto-Philippine *tuduʀ →