Where does “buhawing-dagat” come from?

buhawing-dagat (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog dagat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daʀat — littoral sea.

buhawing-dagat (Tagalog): waterspout

Definitions

  1. waterspout

Ancestry of “buhawing-dagat”, step by step

buhawing-dagat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog dagat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogdagatocean, sea; bay, gulf; lake
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandaʀatlittoral sea

via Tagalog buhawi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbuhawitornado
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daʀat →Every word from Tagalog dagat →