Where does “pamatay-apoy” come from?

pamatay-apoy (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog apoy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian Sapuy — fire.

pamatay-apoy (Tagalog): fire extinguisher

Definitions

  1. fire extinguisher

Ancestry of “pamatay-apoy”, step by step

pamatay-apoy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog apoy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogapoyfire
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhapuyfire
3Proto-AustronesianSapuyfire

via Tagalog pamatay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpamatay—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Sapuy →