Where does “lamang-tubig” come from?

lamang-tubig (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog laman, from Proto-Philippine *lamán.

lamang-tubig (Tagalog): food fish; seafood

Definitions

  1. food fish; seafood

Ancestry of “lamang-tubig”, step by step

lamang-tubig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog laman

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TagaloglamanContents; Flesh, whether human or animal;...
2Proto-Philippine*lamán—

via Tagalog tubig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogtubigwater; talkative and dishonest
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*tubiʀdeep place in the water
Every word from Proto-Philippine *lamán →
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