Where does “agdait” come from?

agdait (Ilocano) comes from Ilocano dait, from Proto-Philippine *daqit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zaqit — to sew.

agdait (Ilocano): to sew

Definitions

  1. to sew

Ancestry of “agdait”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ilocanodaitsewing
2Proto-Philippine*daqitto sew
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zaqitto sew
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zaqit →Every word from Proto-Philippine *daqit →Every word from Ilocano dait →