Where does “daing” come from?

daing (Ivatan) comes from Ilocano daing, from Zhuang daeng — light.

daing (Ivatan): fish opened and cleaned of viscera and dried under the sun

Definitions

  1. fish opened and cleaned of viscera and dried under the sun

Ancestry of “daing”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ilocanodaingsalted and sundried fish
2Zhuangdaenglight
Every word from Zhuang daengEvery word from Ilocano daing
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