Where does “bulateng-lupa” come from?

bulateng-lupa (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog bulate, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulati.

bulateng-lupa (Tagalog): earthworm

Definitions

  1. earthworm

Ancestry of “bulateng-lupa”, step by step

bulateng-lupa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog bulate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbulateworm
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*bulati—

via Tagalog lupa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloglupaearth; soil; ground
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulati →Every word from Tagalog bulate →