Where does “Tanglaw-Daga” come from?

Tanglaw-Daga (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog tanglaw, from Chinese teng-lâu.

Tanglaw-Daga (Tagalog): evening star

Definitions

  1. evening star

Ancestry of “Tanglaw-Daga”, step by step

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

via Tagalog tanglaw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogtanglawlight; illumination
2Chineseteng-lâu—

via Tagalog daga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogdagarat; mouse
2Spanishdagadagger
Every word from Chinese teng-lâu →Every word from Tagalog tanglaw →
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