Where does “八打雁” come from?

八打雁 (Chinese) comes from Tagalog batangan, from Tagalog batang, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bataŋ — tree trunk, fallen tree, log.

Ancestry of “八打雁”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbatanganwooden raft
2Tagalogbatanglog
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbataŋtree trunk, fallen tree, log
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bataŋ →Every word from Tagalog batang →Every word from Tagalog batangan →
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