Where does “tag-init” come from?

tag-init (Tagalog) comes from Bikol Central init, from Proto-Philippine *qinit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qinit.

tag-init (Tagalog): dry season; summer

Definitions

  1. dry season; summer

Ancestry of “tag-init”, step by step

tag-init traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Bikol Central init

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centralinit—
2Proto-Philippine*qinit—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qinit—

via Tagalog init

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloginitheat; warmth; temperature; swelter, sweltering...
2Proto-Austronesianqaŋet—

via Bikol Central tag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centraltag—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qinit →Every word from Proto-Philippine *qinit →Every word from Bikol Central init →