The story
- Tausug · derived fromsulug
- Tausug · derived fromSulug“Sulu”
- Spanish · borrowed fromSulu/Sulú
- English todaySulu
From Spanish Sulu/Sulú, from Tausug Sulug (“Sulu”), an older form of Sūg (“Sulu”), possibly from Tausug sulug, an older form of sūg (“current”). Compare Maranao Solog, Malay Suluk, Hokkien 蘇祿 /苏禄 (So͘-lo̍k).
Words from the same roots
SpanishJoló all →
Jolo
TausugSulug all →
Jolo
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.