Where does “dutaan” come from?

dutaan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog duta, from Hiligaynon duta — earth, ground, soil; land, lot, property.

dutaan (Tagalog): geology

Definitions

  1. geology

Ancestry of “dutaan”, step by step

dutaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog duta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TagalogdutaEarth
2Hiligaynondutaearth, ground, soil; land, lot, property

via Proto-Mongolic duta-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Mongolicduta-
Every word from Hiligaynon dutaEvery word from Tagalog duta