Where does “kulay-dugo” come from?

kulay-dugo (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog dugo, from Proto-Philippine *Duʀuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zuʀuq — sap, juice.

kulay-dugo (Tagalog): blood red

Definitions

  1. blood red

Ancestry of “kulay-dugo”, step by step

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

via Tagalog dugo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogdugoblood
2Proto-Philippine*Duʀuq—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zuʀuqsap, juice

via Tagalog kulay

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