Where does “tagala” come from?

tagala (Spanish) comes from Spanish tagalo, from Tagalog Tagalog, from Tagalog ilog, from Proto-Philippine *iluʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *iluʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *iluʀ — river channel.

tagala (Spanish): feminine singular of tagalo

Definitions

  1. feminine singular of tagalo

Ancestry of “tagala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishtagaloTagalog
2TagalogTagalogThe Tagalog language; To speak in the Tagalog...
3Tagalogilogriver
4Proto-Philippine*iluʀriver
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*iluʀriver
6Proto-Austronesian*iluʀriver channel

Words derived from “tagala”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *iluʀ →