Where does “taingang-daga” come from?

taingang-daga (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog tainga, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taliŋa, from Proto-Austronesian Caliŋa — ear.

taingang-daga (Tagalog): ear of a mouse or rat

Definitions

  1. ear of a mouse or rat

Ancestry of “taingang-daga”, step by step

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

via Tagalog tainga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogtaingaear
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantaliŋaear
3Proto-AustronesianCaliŋaear

via Tagalog daga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogdagarat; mouse
2Spanishdagadagger
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Caliŋa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taliŋa →Every word from Tagalog tainga →