Where does “hukbong-dagat” come from?

hukbong-dagat (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog dagat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daʀat — littoral sea.

hukbong-dagat (Tagalog): navy

Definitions

  1. navy

Ancestry of “hukbong-dagat”, step by step

hukbong-dagat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog dagat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogdagatocean, sea; bay, gulf; lake
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandaʀatlittoral sea

via Tagalog hukbo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloghukboarmy
2Chineseho̍k-bū—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daʀat →Every word from Tagalog dagat →