Where does “pabigat” come from?

pabigat (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog bigat, from Proto-Philippine bəʀəqat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəʀəqat — weight; heaviness; difficult; pregnant.

pabigat (Tagalog): burden

Definitions

  1. burden

Ancestry of “pabigat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbigatweight; graveness; gravity of a situation
2Proto-Philippinebəʀəqat—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbəʀəqatweight; heaviness; difficult; pregnant
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəʀəqat →Every word from Proto-Philippine bəʀəqat →Every word from Tagalog bigat →