Where does “dugong” come from?
dugong (Indonesian) comes from Malay dugong, from Cebuano dugong, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duyuŋ.
dugong (Indonesian): dugong
Ancestry of “dugong”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | dugong | dugong |
| 2 | Cebuano | dugong | a dugong |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *duyuŋ | — |