Where does “kulay-dayap” come from?

kulay-dayap (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog kulay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuray.

kulay-dayap (Tagalog): lime

Definitions

  1. lime

Ancestry of “kulay-dayap”, step by step

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

via Tagalog kulay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkulaycolor
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*kuray—

via Tagalog dayap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogdayapkey lime, especially the Philippine variety
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuray →