Where does “diblinig” come from?

diblinig (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog dibdib, from Proto-Austronesian *dəbdəb.

diblinig (Tagalog): stethoscope

Definitions

  1. stethoscope

Ancestry of “diblinig”, step by step

diblinig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog dibdib

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogdibdibchest
2Proto-Austronesian*dəbdəb—

via Tagalog ulinig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloguliniganything heard unintentionally
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *dəbdəb →Every word from Tagalog dibdib →