Where does “lintambagin” come from?

lintambagin (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog linta, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qali-mətaq, from Proto-Austronesian qaNi-məCaq.

lintambagin (Tagalog): fishberry

Definitions

  1. fishberry

Ancestry of “lintambagin”, step by step

lintambagin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog linta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloglintaleech; bloodsucker; usurer
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqali-mətaq—
3Proto-AustronesianqaNi-məCaq—

via Tagalog bagin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbagin—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian qaNi-məCaq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qali-mətaq →Every word from Tagalog linta →