Where does “Tagala” come from?

Tagala (Tagalog) comes from Spanish tagala, 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 (Tagalog): female Tagalog

Definitions

  1. female Tagalog

Ancestry of “Tagala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtagalafeminine singular of tagalo
2SpanishtagaloTagalog
3TagalogTagalogThe Tagalog language; To speak in the Tagalog...
4Tagalogilogriver
5Proto-Philippine*iluʀriver
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*iluʀriver
7Proto-Austronesian*iluʀriver channel

Words derived from “Tagala”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *iluʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *iluʀ →Every word from Proto-Philippine *iluʀ →
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