Where does “duhakay” come from?

duhakay (Tagalog) comes from Cebuano duha, from Proto-Philippine *duha, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian duSa — two.

duhakay (Tagalog): binomial

Definitions

  1. binomial

Ancestry of “duhakay”, step by step

duhakay traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano duha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoduhatwo; 2; both; the two
2Proto-Philippine*duhatwo
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianduhatwo
4Proto-Austronesian*duha
5Proto-AustronesianduSatwo

via Quechua takay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Quechuatakayfoundation wall; basement; punch, blow, collision
Every word from Proto-Austronesian duSa