Where does “tubig-dagat” come from?

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

tubig-dagat (Tagalog): seawater

Definitions

  1. seawater

Ancestry of “tubig-dagat”, step by step

tubig-dagat 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 dagat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogdagatocean, sea; bay, gulf; lake
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandaʀatlittoral sea
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubiʀ →Every word from Tagalog tubig →