Where does “san-” come from?
san- (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog dugo, from Proto-Philippine *Duʀuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zuʀuq.
Ancestry of “san-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | dugo | blood |
| 2 | Proto-Philippine | *Duʀuq | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *zuʀuq | — |