Where does “dagat-dagatan” come from?

dagat-dagatan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog -an, from Proto-Philippine *-an, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -an, from Proto-Austronesian -an — Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...

dagat-dagatan (Tagalog): lake; lakelet

Definitions

  1. lake; lakelet

Ancestry of “dagat-dagatan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalog-anobject trigger: to do something to a person or a...
2Proto-Philippine*-anverbal suffix marking locative focus
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian-anVerbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...
4Proto-Austronesian-anVerbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...

Words derived from “dagat-dagatan”

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