Where does “kulay-apoy” come from?

kulay-apoy (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog apoy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian Sapuy — fire.

kulay-apoy (Tagalog): flame color/colour

Definitions

  1. flame color/colour

Ancestry of “kulay-apoy”, step by step

kulay-apoy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog apoy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogapoyfire
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhapuyfire
3Proto-AustronesianSapuyfire

via Tagalog kulay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkulaycolor
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*kuray—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Sapuy →