Where does “uling” come from?

uling (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog uli, from Proto-Philippine *ulíq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uliq.

uling (Tagalog): charcoal

Definitions

  1. charcoal

Ancestry of “uling”, step by step

uling traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog uli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloguliagain; once more
2Proto-Philippine*ulíq—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*uliq—

via Tagalog ule

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloguleoilcloth
2Spanishhulenatural rubber; rubber tree
3Classical Nahuatlōllilatex; rubber, rubber ball

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qujiŋ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqujiŋ—
2Proto-Austronesianqujiŋ—

Words derived from “uling”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uliq →Every word from Proto-Philippine *ulíq →Every word from Tagalog uli →