Where does “儒艮” come from?

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

儒艮 (Japanese): a dugong

Definitions

  1. a dugong

Ancestry of “儒艮”, 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 →
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