Where does “baga” come from?

baga (Tagalog) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian baʀah, from Proto-Austronesian baʀah — ember; glowing coal.

baga (Tagalog): glowing or live coal; ember; piece of wood or...

Definitions

  1. glowing or live coal; ember; piece of wood or...

Ancestry of “baga”, step by step

baga traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian baʀah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbaʀahember; glowing coal
2Proto-Austronesianbaʀahember; glowing coal

via Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesian*baʀaqlung

via Proto-Austronesian *ba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesian*ba—

Words derived from “baga”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian baʀah →