Where does “mabug-at” come from?
mabug-at (Waray-Waray) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)bəʀəqat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ma-, from Proto-Austronesian ma-.
mabug-at (Waray-Waray): heavy; weighty
Ancestry of “mabug-at”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | (ma-)bəʀəqat | heavy |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | ma- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | ma- | — |