Where does “dagit” come from?

dagit (Tagalog) comes from Proto-Philippine *daʀit.

dagit (Tagalog): act of swooping down and snatching prey of a bird

Definitions

  1. act of swooping down and snatching prey of a bird

Ancestry of “dagit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippine*daʀit
Every word from Proto-Philippine *daʀit
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