Where does “basag-kotse” come from?

basag-kotse (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog kotse, from Spanish coche, from Middle French coche, from German Kutsche, from French couché, from French coucher, from Middle French coucher, from Old French couchier — whale, sea monster; abyss.

basag-kotse (Tagalog): smash and grab theft of a parked car

Definitions

  1. smash and grab theft of a parked car

Ancestry of “basag-kotse”, step by step

basag-kotse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog kotse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkotsecar; coach; carriage
2Spanishcochecar; carriage, coach
3Middle Frenchcoche
4GermanKutschecarriage; coach; A large, old automobile in poor...
5Frenchcouchépast participle of coucher; in bed
6Frenchcoucherto lay, to lay down; to put to bed, to put up; to...
7Middle Frenchcoucherto put to bed; setting
8Old Frenchcouchierto go to bed; to have sex; bedtime
9Latincollocōto place, put, set in order, assign, arrange
10Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
11Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
12Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
13Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
14Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
15Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
16Middle Englishkyt
17Russianкитwhale; genitive plural of ки́та
18Old Church Slavonicкитъwhale
19Ancient Greekκῆτοςwhale, sea monster; abyss

via Tagalog basag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbasagbroken; cracked; crack
2Proto-Philippine*basag
Every word from Ancient Greek κῆτος
basag-kotse — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer