Where does “pusit-lumot” come from?

pusit-lumot (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog lumot, from Proto-Philippine lumut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lumut — moss.

pusit-lumot (Tagalog): cuttlefish

Definitions

  1. cuttlefish

Ancestry of “pusit-lumot”, step by step

pusit-lumot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog lumot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloglumotmoss; general name for algae
2Proto-Philippinelumut—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlumutmoss

via Tagalog pusit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpusitsquid
2Proto-Philippine*pusít—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lumut →Every word from Proto-Philippine lumut →Every word from Tagalog lumot →