Where does “ikapuwo” come from?
ikapuwo (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog puo, from German Puwo, from German Pudel, from German Pudelhund, from German hund, from Middle High German hunt, from Old High German hunt, from Proto-West Germanic hund — dog.
Ancestry of “ikapuwo”, step by step
ikapuwo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog puo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | puo | — |
| 2 | German | Puwo | an experimental hybrid of poodle and wolf |
| 3 | German | Pudel | poodle |
| 4 | German | Pudelhund | poodle |
| 5 | German | hund | dog, hound |
| 6 | Middle High German | hunt | dog (Canis familiaris) |
| 7 | Old High German | hunt | dog |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | hund | dog |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hundaz | dog |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwn̥tós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwṓ | dog |
via Tagalog ikapulo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | ikapulo | — |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *ika-puluq | — |