Where does “palutang” come from?

palutang (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog pa-, from Proto-Austronesian pa- — causative prefix.

palutang (Tagalog): buoy

Definitions

  1. buoy

Ancestry of “palutang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpa-"adverbial prefix" - "Indicates process of...
2Proto-Austronesianpa-causative prefix
Every word from Proto-Austronesian pa-