Where does “kulay-langit” come from?

kulay-langit (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog langit, from Tagalog -um-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -um-, from Proto-Austronesian -um- — inflectional infix marking actor voice.

kulay-langit (Tagalog): sky blue

Definitions

  1. sky blue

Ancestry of “kulay-langit”, step by step

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

via Tagalog langit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloglangitsky; heaven
2Tagalog-um-Infix form of um-
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian-um-inflectional affix marking actor voice
4Proto-Austronesian-um-inflectional infix marking actor voice

via Tagalog kulay

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