Where does “Tagalog” come from?

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

Tagalog (English): A language spoken in the Philippines, in the area...

Definitions

  1. A language spoken in the Philippines, in the area...

Ancestry of “Tagalog”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TagalogTagalogThe Tagalog language; To speak in the Tagalog...
2Tagalogilogriver
3Proto-Philippine*iluʀriver
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*iluʀriver
5Proto-Austronesian*iluʀriver channel

Words derived from “Tagalog”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *iluʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *iluʀ →Every word from Proto-Philippine *iluʀ →