Where does “dagang-bukid” come from?

dagang-bukid (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog bukid, from Tagalog mag-, from Tagalog sibuyas, from Spanish cebolla, from Old Spanish cebolla, from Late Latin cepulla, from Latin cēpa — onion.

dagang-bukid (Tagalog): ricefield rat

Definitions

  1. ricefield rat

Ancestry of “dagang-bukid”, step by step

dagang-bukid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog bukid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbukidfield; the countryside; a rural area; one's...
2Tagalogmag-actor trigger: to do something; actor trigger: to...
3Tagalogsibuyasonion
4Spanishcebollaonion
5Old Spanishcebollaonion
6Late Latincepullaonion-bed, onion-field; small onion
7Latincēpaonion

via Tagalog daga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogdagarat; mouse
2Spanishdagadagger
Every word from Latin cēpaEvery word from Tagalog mag-Every word from Late Latin cepulla