Where does “Tagala” come from?

Tagala (English) comes from Tagalog Tagala, from Spanish tagala, from Spanish tagalo, from Tagalog Tagalog, from Tagalog ilog, from Proto-Philippine *iluʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *iluʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *iluʀ — river channel.

Tagala (English): A woman from Tagalog region or provinces

Definitions

  1. A woman from Tagalog region or provinces

Ancestry of “Tagala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TagalogTagalafemale Tagalog
2Spanishtagalafeminine singular of tagalo
3SpanishtagaloTagalog
4TagalogTagalogThe Tagalog language; To speak in the Tagalog...
5Tagalogilogriver
6Proto-Philippine*iluʀriver
7Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*iluʀriver
8Proto-Austronesian*iluʀriver channel
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *iluʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *iluʀ →Every word from Proto-Philippine *iluʀ →