Where does “pagdila” come from?

pagdila (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog dila, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dilaq, from Proto-Austronesian dilaq, from Proto-Austroasiatic *dilaq.

pagdila (Tagalog): act of licking

Definitions

  1. act of licking

Ancestry of “pagdila”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogdilatongue
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandilaqtongue
3Proto-Austronesiandilaq—
4Proto-Austroasiatic*dilaq—
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *dilaq →