Where does “mangwika” come from?

mangwika (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog wika, from Sanskrit वाक्य, from Sanskrit वच्, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

mangwika (Tagalog): to say something unpleasant or insulting

Definitions

  1. to say something unpleasant or insulting

Ancestry of “mangwika”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogwikalanguage; utterance; to express verbally; to...
2Sanskritवाक्यspeech, saying, assertion, statement, command,...
3Sanskritवच्to speak, utter, say
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Sanskrit वच् →Every word from Sanskrit वाक्य →