Where does “kalapating sugo” come from?

kalapating sugo (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog kalapati, from Tagalog palapati, from Malay parapati, from Sanskrit पारापत.

kalapating sugo (Tagalog): messenger pigeon; carrier pigeon; homing pigeon

Definitions

  1. messenger pigeon; carrier pigeon; homing pigeon

Ancestry of “kalapating sugo”, step by step

kalapating sugo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog kalapati

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkalapatidove; pigeon
2Tagalogpalapati—
3Malayparapati—
4Sanskritपारापत—

via Tagalog sugo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogsugodelegate; messenger; envoy
2Proto-Austronesian*suʀuq—
Every word from Sanskrit पारापत →Every word from Malay parapati →Every word from Tagalog palapati →
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