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Where does “biga” come from?

biga (Ilocano) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian biʀaq, from Proto-Austronesian biʀaq.

Ancestry of “biga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbiʀaq—
2Proto-Austronesianbiʀaq—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian biʀaq →