Where does “hugas-bigas” come from?

hugas-bigas (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog hugas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huʀas — to wash.

hugas-bigas (Tagalog): water or liquid used to wash rice, usually made into stock thereafter

Definitions

  1. water or liquid used to wash rice, usually made into stock thereafter

Ancestry of “hugas-bigas”, step by step

hugas-bigas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog hugas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloghugaswashing with water of objects, body parts, wounds, etc
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*huʀasto wash

via Tagalog bigas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbigashusked, uncooked rice
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huʀas →Every word from Tagalog hugas →