Where does “dwgong” come from?

dwgong (Welsh) comes from English dugong, from Tagalog dugong, from Cebuano dugong, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duyuŋ.

dwgong (Welsh): dugong (Dugong)

Definitions

  1. dugong (Dugong)

Ancestry of “dwgong”, 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 →