Where does “duyong” come from?

duyong (Tagalog) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duyuŋ.

duyong (Tagalog): dugong

Definitions

  1. dugong

Ancestry of “duyong”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*duyuŋ
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duyuŋ