Where does “ligong-uwak” come from?

ligong-uwak (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog uwak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian uak, from Proto-Oceanic *waga.

ligong-uwak (Tagalog): bathing by rinsing the head but not the body

Definitions

  1. bathing by rinsing the head but not the body

Ancestry of “ligong-uwak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TagaloguwakAny of the birds of the genus "Corvus"
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianuakharsh cry; bellow; loud cry
3Proto-Oceanic*waga—
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *waga →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian uak →Every word from Tagalog uwak →