Where does “balahibong-manok” come from?

balahibong-manok (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog manok, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian manuk, from Proto-Austronesian manuk — bird; chicken.

balahibong-manok (Tagalog): cirrus cloud

Definitions

  1. cirrus cloud

Ancestry of “balahibong-manok”, step by step

balahibong-manok traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog manok

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogmanokchicken; bet
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianmanukbird
3Proto-Austronesianmanukbird; chicken

via Tagalog balahibo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbalahibofine hair of the body
Every word from Proto-Austronesian manuk →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian manuk →Every word from Tagalog manok →
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