Where does “bukang-liwayway” come from?

bukang-liwayway (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog buka, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buka — to open.

bukang-liwayway (Tagalog): daybreak; break of dawn

Definitions

  1. daybreak; break of dawn

Ancestry of “bukang-liwayway”, step by step

bukang-liwayway traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog buka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbukaopen
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbukato open

via Tagalog Liwayway

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TagalogLiwaywaydawn; daybreak
2Tagalogliwaywaydawn
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buka →Every word from Tagalog buka →