Where does “patay-gutom” come from?

patay-gutom (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog patay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian p-atay, from Proto-Austronesian aCay.

patay-gutom (Tagalog): extremely hungry

Definitions

  1. extremely hungry

Ancestry of “patay-gutom”, step by step

patay-gutom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog patay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpataythe dead body of a person; cadaver; corpse; the...
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianp-ataydead
3Proto-AustronesianaCay—

via Tagalog gutom

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloggutomhunger; hungry
Every word from Proto-Austronesian aCay →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian p-atay →Every word from Tagalog patay →