Where does “tuktok” come from?

tuktok (Tagalog) comes from Proto-Austronesian *tuktuk — beak.

tuktok (Tagalog): top; peak; summit; act of knocking or the sound...

Definitions

  1. top; peak; summit; act of knocking or the sound...

Ancestry of “tuktok”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesian*tuktukbeak
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *tuktuk
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