Where does “mangagat” come from?

mangagat (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog kagat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kaʀat, from Proto-Austronesian *kaʀaC — to bite to cut off a piece by clamping the teeth.

mangagat (Tagalog): to bite

Definitions

  1. to bite

Ancestry of “mangagat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkagatbite
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankaʀatto bite
3Proto-Austronesian*kaʀaCto bite to cut off a piece by clamping the teeth
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *kaʀaC →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kaʀat →Every word from Tagalog kagat →