Where does “baong baliw” come from?

baong baliw (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog bao, from Proto-Philippine *baququ.

baong baliw (Tagalog): someone whose fiancé or fiancée died before marriage

Definitions

  1. someone whose fiancé or fiancée died before marriage

Ancestry of “baong baliw”, step by step

baong baliw traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog bao

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbaococonut shell stripped of its husk and meat
2Proto-Philippine*baququ—

via Proto-Austronesian baliw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesianbaliwto buy
Every word from Proto-Philippine *baququ →Every word from Tagalog bao →