Where does “karnerong-dagat” come from?

karnerong-dagat (Tagalog) comes from Cebuano karnero, from Spanish carnero, from Latin carnarius, from Latin carnem, from Latin carō, from Proto-Italic karō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- — army.

karnerong-dagat (Tagalog): seal pinniped

Definitions

  1. seal pinniped

Ancestry of “karnerong-dagat”, step by step

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

via Cebuano karnero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanokarneroa sheep; a woolly ruminant of the genus "Ovis"; a...
2Spanishcarneroa sheep, a ram; sheepskin; mutton
3Latincarnariusflesh; butcher
4Latincarnemaccusative singular of carō
5Latincarōflesh, meat of an animal
6Proto-Italickarōpiece, portion; meat
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
9Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army

via Tagalog dagat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogdagatocean, sea; bay, gulf; lake
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandaʀatlittoral sea
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ker-