Where does “dalag-dagat” come from?

dalag-dagat (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog dagat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daʀat — littoral sea.

dalag-dagat (Tagalog): cobia; black kingfish

Definitions

  1. cobia; black kingfish

Ancestry of “dalag-dagat”, step by step

dalag-dagat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog dagat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogdagatocean, sea; bay, gulf; lake
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandaʀatlittoral sea

via Tagalog dalag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogdalagmudfish
2Proto-Philippine*dalag—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daʀat →Every word from Tagalog dagat →