Where does “makatulog” come from?

makatulog (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog tulog, from Proto-Philippine *tuduʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tuduʀ, from Proto-Austronesian tuduʀ — to sleep.

makatulog (Tagalog): to be able to sleep

Definitions

  1. to be able to sleep

Ancestry of “makatulog”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogtulogsleep; asleep
2Proto-Philippine*tuduʀto sleep
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantuduʀto sleep
4Proto-Austronesiantuduʀto sleep
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