Where does “ibig” come from?

ibig (Tagalog) comes from Proto-Germanic ibahs, from Proto-Indo-European (h₁)ebʰ- — climbing.

ibig (Tagalog): liking

Definitions

  1. liking

Ancestry of “ibig”, step by step

ibig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic ibahs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicibahsivy
2Proto-Indo-European(h₁)ebʰ-climbing

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ibəʀ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ibəʀ—

Words derived from “ibig”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (h₁)ebʰ- →