Where does “tubig tabang” come from?

tubig tabang (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog tubig, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubiʀ — deep place in the water.

tubig tabang (Tagalog): freshwater; fresh water

Definitions

  1. freshwater; fresh water

Ancestry of “tubig tabang”, step by step

tubig tabang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog tubig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogtubigwater; talkative and dishonest
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*tubiʀdeep place in the water

via Tagalog tabang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogtabangblandness
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*taq(ə)baŋ—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubiʀ →Every word from Tagalog tubig →
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