Where does “isdaa” come from?

isdaa (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano isda, from Proto-Philippine *sədaq — fish.

isdaa (Cebuano): fish, a specific kind of fish; a reason, cause; a...

Definitions

  1. fish, a specific kind of fish; a reason, cause; a...

Ancestry of “isdaa”, step by step

isdaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano isda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoisdafish
2Proto-Philippine*sədaqfish

via Cebuano a

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoa—
Every word from Proto-Philippine *sədaq →Every word from Cebuano isda →