Where does “Ilaw-Daga” come from?

Ilaw-Daga (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog ilaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qilaw — light.

Ilaw-Daga (Tagalog): evening star

Definitions

  1. evening star

Ancestry of “Ilaw-Daga”, step by step

Ilaw-Daga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog ilaw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogilawlight; lamp
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qilawlight

via Tagalog daga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogdagarat; mouse
2Spanishdagadagger
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qilaw →Every word from Tagalog ilaw →