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

Definitions

  1. heavy; weighty

Ancestry of “mabug-at”, step by step

mabug-at traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)bəʀəqat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)bəʀəqatheavy
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianma-Affix forming adjectives and stative verbs
3Proto-Austronesianma-—

via Waray-Waray bug-at

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Waray-Waraybug-at—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian ma- →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ma- →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)bəʀəqat →