Where does “baboy ihas” come from?

baboy ihas (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano baboy, from Proto-Philippine babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian babuy, from Proto-Austronesian babuy — pig.

baboy ihas (Cebuano): a wild pig especially

Definitions

  1. a wild pig especially

Ancestry of “baboy ihas”, step by step

baboy ihas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano baboy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanobaboya pig; any member of the genus "Sus"; a fat...
2Proto-Philippinebabuypig
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbabuypig
4Proto-Austronesianbabuypig

via Cebuano ihas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoihaswild, untamed; uncivilized, uncultured;...
Every word from Proto-Austronesian babuy →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian babuy →Every word from Proto-Philippine babuy →