Where does “kulay-gatas” come from?

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

kulay-gatas (Tagalog): milk-white

Definitions

  1. milk-white

Ancestry of “kulay-gatas”, step by step

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

via Tagalog kulay

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

via Tagalog gatas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloggatasmilk
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ʀatasmilk
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuray →Every word from Tagalog kulay →