Where does “dugongi” come from?

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

dugongi (Finnish): dugong, "Dugong dugon"; Any large marine mammal...

Definitions

  1. dugong, "Dugong dugon"; Any large marine mammal...

Ancestry of “dugongi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdugongA plant-eating aquatic marine mammal, of the...
2Tagalogdugongdugong
3Cebuanodugonga dugong
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*duyuŋ—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duyuŋ →Every word from Cebuano dugong →Every word from Tagalog dugong →