Where does “managalog” come from?

managalog (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog Tagalog, from Tagalog ilog, from Proto-Philippine *iluʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *iluʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *iluʀ — river channel.

managalog (Tagalog): to speak Tagalog towards somebody

Definitions

  1. to speak Tagalog towards somebody

Ancestry of “managalog”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TagalogTagalogThe Tagalog language; To speak in the Tagalog...
2Tagalogilogriver
3Proto-Philippine*iluʀriver
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*iluʀriver
5Proto-Austronesian*iluʀriver channel
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *iluʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *iluʀ →Every word from Proto-Philippine *iluʀ →
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