Where does “layag” come from?

layag (Tausug) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian layaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian layaʀ — sail.

layag (Tausug): sail

Definitions

  1. sail

Ancestry of “layag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlayaʀsail
2Proto-Austronesianlayaʀsail
Every word from Proto-Austronesian layaʀEvery word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian layaʀ