Where does “דיוגאָנג” come from?

דיוגאָנג (Yiddish) comes from Cebuano dugong, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duyuŋ.

דיוגאָנג (Yiddish): dugong

Definitions

  1. dugong

Ancestry of “דיוגאָנג”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanodugonga dugong
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*duyuŋ—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duyuŋ →Every word from Cebuano dugong →