Where does “dagum” come from?

dagum (Dupaningan Agta) comes from Ilocano dagum, from Proto-Philippine *daʀum, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zaʀum, from Proto-Austronesian zaʀum — needle.

dagum (Dupaningan Agta): sewing needle

Definitions

  1. sewing needle

Ancestry of “dagum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ilocanodagumneedle
2Proto-Philippine*daʀumneedle
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianzaʀumneedle
4Proto-Austronesianzaʀumneedle
Every word from Proto-Austronesian zaʀum →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zaʀum →Every word from Proto-Philippine *daʀum →