Where does “dugong” come from?

dugong (English) comes from Tagalog dugong, from Cebuano dugong, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duyuŋ.

dugong (English): A plant-eating aquatic marine mammal, of the...

Definitions

  1. A plant-eating aquatic marine mammal, of the...

Ancestry of “dugong”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogdugongdugong
2Cebuanodugonga dugong
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*duyuŋ—

Words derived from “dugong”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duyuŋ →Every word from Cebuano dugong →Every word from Tagalog dugong →