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Where does “Tagalog” come from?

Ilog comes from Tagalog ilog, derived from Proto-Philippine ʔəluR, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qəluR, from Proto-Austronesian qaluR, meaning river or water course.

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*iluʀ—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*iluʀ—
5Proto-Austronesian*iluʀ—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *iluʀ →