Where does “gaw” come from?

gaw (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano ig-agaw, from Cebuano agaw, from Proto-Austronesian *qaʀaw.

gaw (Cebuano): an address to a cousin

Definitions

  1. an address to a cousin

Ancestry of “gaw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoig-agawa cousin, regardless of degrees of cousinhood
2Cebuanoagawa cousin; a form of address to a cousin; a...
3Proto-Austronesian*qaʀaw—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *qaʀaw →Every word from Cebuano agaw →Every word from Cebuano ig-agaw →