Where does “Batangas” come from?

Batangas (Tagalog) comes from Spanish Batangas, from Spanish batanga, from Tagalog batang, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bataŋ — tree trunk, fallen tree, log.

Ancestry of “Batangas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishBatangas—
2Spanishbatangaoutrigger
3Tagalogbatanglog
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbataŋtree trunk, fallen tree, log
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bataŋ →Every word from Tagalog batang →Every word from Spanish batanga →