Where does “bahagsubay” come from?

bahagsubay (Tagalog) comes from Cebuano bahag, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaʀ — loincloth.

bahagsubay (Tagalog): (faint) rainbow visible when the sun shines

Definitions

  1. (faint) rainbow visible when the sun shines

Ancestry of “bahagsubay”, step by step

bahagsubay traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano bahag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanobahaga type of loincloth that was commonly used...
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*bahaʀloincloth

via Tagalog subay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogsubay—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaʀ →Every word from Cebuano bahag →