Where does “taingang-baboy” come from?

taingang-baboy (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog baboy, from Proto-Philippine babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian babuy, from Proto-Austronesian babuy — pig.

Ancestry of “taingang-baboy”, step by step

taingang-baboy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog baboy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbaboypig; A fat person
2Proto-Philippinebabuypig
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbabuypig
4Proto-Austronesianbabuypig

via Tagalog tainga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogtaingaear
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantaliŋaear
3Proto-AustronesianCaliŋaear
Every word from Proto-Austronesian babuyEvery word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian babuyEvery word from Proto-Philippine babuy