Where does “buwaya” come from?

buwaya (Tagalog) comes from Proto-Philippine *buqaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian buqaya — crocodile.

buwaya (Tagalog): crocodile; caiman

Definitions

  1. crocodile; caiman

Ancestry of “buwaya”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippine*buqayacrocodile
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuqayacrocodile
3Proto-Austronesianbuqayacrocodile

Words derived from “buwaya”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian buqaya →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buqaya →Every word from Proto-Philippine *buqaya →