Where does “abagat” come from?

abagat (Kapampangan) comes from Tagalog habagat, from Proto-Philippine habaʀat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian habaʀat, from Proto-Austronesian Sabaʀat — east or south wind.

abagat (Kapampangan): south wind

Definitions

  1. south wind

Ancestry of “abagat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloghabagatwesterly wind; southwest monsoon
2Proto-Philippinehabaʀat—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhabaʀatsouthwest monsoon
4Proto-AustronesianSabaʀateast or south wind
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Sabaʀat →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian habaʀat →Every word from Proto-Philippine habaʀat →