Where does “buwis-buhay” come from?

buwis-buhay (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog buwis, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhis.

buwis-buhay (Tagalog): life-threatening; risky

Definitions

  1. life-threatening; risky

Ancestry of “buwis-buhay”, step by step

buwis-buhay traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog buwis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbuwistax
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*buhis—

via Tagalog buhay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbuhaylife; alive
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhis →