Where does “maglangoy” come from?

maglangoy (Dupaningan Agta) comes from Tagalog langoy, from Proto-Philippine laŋuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian laŋuy, from Proto-Austronesian Naŋuy — to swim.

maglangoy (Dupaningan Agta): to swim

Definitions

  1. to swim

Ancestry of “maglangoy”, step by step

maglangoy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog langoy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloglangoyto swim
2Proto-Philippinelaŋuyto swim
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlaŋuyto swim
4Proto-AustronesianNaŋuyto swim

via Dupaningan Agta mag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dupaningan Agtamag—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Naŋuy →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian laŋuy →Every word from Proto-Philippine laŋuy →