Where does “barahang-tagalog” come from?

barahang-tagalog (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog Tagalog, from Tagalog ilog, from Proto-Philippine *iluʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *iluʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *iluʀ — river channel.

barahang-tagalog (Tagalog): Tagalog card suits based on Spanish card suits

Definitions

  1. Tagalog card suits based on Spanish card suits

Ancestry of “barahang-tagalog”, step by step

barahang-tagalog traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog Tagalog

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TagalogTagalogThe Tagalog language; To speak in the Tagalog...
2Tagalogilogriver
3Proto-Philippine*iluʀriver
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*iluʀriver
5Proto-Austronesian*iluʀriver channel

via Tagalog baraha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbarahaplaying card or cards
2Spanishbarajadeck
3Spanishbarajarto shuffle; to consider, to weigh up
4Old Spanishbarajarto quarrel
5Late Latinbaraliaredispute, quarrel; to plead, to sue
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *iluʀ
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