Where does “dugong” come from?

dugong (Torres Strait Creole) comes from English dugong, from Tagalog dugong, from Cebuano dugong, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duyuŋ.

dugong (Torres Strait Creole): dugong, "Dugong dugon"

Definitions

  1. dugong, "Dugong dugon"

Ancestry of “dugong”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdugongA plant-eating aquatic marine mammal, of the...
2Tagalogdugongdugong
3Cebuanodugonga dugong
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*duyuŋ—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duyuŋ →Every word from Cebuano dugong →Every word from Tagalog dugong →