Where does “dagat-dagatang apoy” come from?
dagat-dagatang apoy (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog dagat-dagatan, from Tagalog -an, from Proto-Philippine *-an, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -an, from Proto-Austronesian -an — Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...
dagat-dagatang apoy (Tagalog): lake of fire; hell
Definitions
- lake of fire; hell
Ancestry of “dagat-dagatang apoy”, step by step
dagat-dagatang apoy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog dagat-dagatan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | dagat-dagatan | lake; lakelet |
| 2 | Tagalog | -an | object trigger: to do something to a person or a... |
| 3 | Proto-Philippine | *-an | verbal suffix marking locative focus |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | -an | Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal... |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | -an | Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal... |