Where does “sasakyang-dagat” come from?

sasakyang-dagat (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog dagat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daʀat — littoral sea.

sasakyang-dagat (Tagalog): ship; seacraft; sea vessel

Definitions

  1. ship; seacraft; sea vessel

Ancestry of “sasakyang-dagat”, step by step

sasakyang-dagat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog dagat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogdagatocean, sea; bay, gulf; lake
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandaʀatlittoral sea

via Tagalog sasakyan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogsasakyanvehicle; transportation
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daʀat →Every word from Tagalog dagat →