Where does “alupihang-dagat” come from?

alupihang-dagat (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog dagat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daʀat — littoral sea.

alupihang-dagat (Tagalog): mantis shrimp

Definitions

  1. mantis shrimp

Ancestry of “alupihang-dagat”, step by step

alupihang-dagat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog dagat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogdagatocean, sea; bay, gulf; lake
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandaʀatlittoral sea

via Tagalog alupihan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogalupihancentipede
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daʀat →Every word from Tagalog dagat →