Where does “Tagalug” come from?

Tagalug (Tausug) comes from Tagalog Tagalog, from Tagalog ilog, from Proto-Philippine *iluʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *iluʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *iluʀ — river channel.

Tagalug (Tausug): Tagalog, language and ethnic group of the Philippines

Definitions

  1. Tagalog, language and ethnic group of the Philippines

Ancestry of “Tagalug”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TagalogTagalogThe Tagalog language; To speak in the Tagalog...
2Tagalogilogriver
3Proto-Philippine*iluʀriver
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*iluʀriver
5Proto-Austronesian*iluʀriver channel
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *iluʀ →