Where does “Tausūg” come from?

Tausūg (Tausug) comes from Tausug tau, from Proto-Philippine tau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tau, from Proto-Austronesian Cau — person, human being.

Tausūg (Tausug): Tausūg people, an ethnic group who live mainly in Sulu, other parts of Mindanao, Indonesia and Malaysia

Definitions

  1. Tausūg people, an ethnic group who live mainly in Sulu, other parts of Mindanao, Indonesia and Malaysia

Ancestry of “Tausūg”, step by step

Tausūg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tausug tau

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tausugtauperson
2Proto-Philippinetau—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantauperson, human
4Proto-AustronesianCauperson, human being

via Tausug Sūg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TausugSūgTausug area
2TausugSulug—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*sələg—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Cau →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tau →Every word from Proto-Philippine tau →