Where does “buntot-pagi” come from?

buntot-pagi (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog pagi, from Proto-Philippine paʀih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian paʀih, from Proto-Austronesian paʀiS — ray.

buntot-pagi (Tagalog): tail of a stingray used as a whip

Definitions

  1. tail of a stingray used as a whip

Ancestry of “buntot-pagi”, step by step

buntot-pagi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog pagi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpagistingray
2Proto-Philippinepaʀih—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpaʀihray
4Proto-AustronesianpaʀiSray

via Tagalog buntot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbuntottail
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*buntut—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian paʀiS →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian paʀih →Every word from Proto-Philippine paʀih →