Where does “bulag” come from?

bulag (Chavacano) comes from Hiligaynon bulag, from Proto-Philippine *bulaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulaʀ — cataract of the eye.

bulag (Chavacano): blind

Definitions

  1. blind

Ancestry of “bulag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hiligaynonbulagblind
2Proto-Philippine*bulaʀcataract of the eye
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*bulaʀcataract of the eye
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulaʀ →Every word from Proto-Philippine *bulaʀ →Every word from Hiligaynon bulag →