Where does “aalug-alog” come from?

aalug-alog (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog alog, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaluʀ, from Proto-Austronesian qaluʀ, from Proto-Austronesian -luʀ.

aalug-alog (Tagalog): rickety; shaky

Definitions

  1. rickety; shaky

Ancestry of “aalug-alog”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogalogto shake
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qaluʀ—
3Proto-Austronesianqaluʀto flow
4Proto-Austronesian-luʀ—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian -luʀ →Every word from Proto-Austronesian qaluʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaluʀ →