Where does “tabing-dagat” come from?

tabing-dagat (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog tabi, from Malay tabik, from Sanskrit क्षन्तव्य.

tabing-dagat (Tagalog): seaside; seashore

Definitions

  1. seaside; seashore

Ancestry of “tabing-dagat”, step by step

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

via Tagalog tabi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogtabispace, place, or position beside or near a person...
2Malaytabiksalute, greeting
3Sanskritक्षन्तव्य—

via Tagalog dagat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogdagatocean, sea; bay, gulf; lake
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandaʀatlittoral sea
Every word from Sanskrit क्षन्तव्य →Every word from Malay tabik →Every word from Tagalog tabi →
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