Where does “kap-atag walo” come from?

kap-atag walo (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano kap-atan, from Cebuano upat, from Proto-Philippine əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat, from Proto-Austronesian Səpat — four.

kap-atag walo (Cebuano): forty-eight

Definitions

  1. forty-eight

Ancestry of “kap-atag walo”, step by step

kap-atag walo traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano kap-atan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanokap-atanforty
2Cebuanoupatfour
3Proto-Philippineəpatfour
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəpatfour
5Proto-AustronesianSəpatfour

via Cebuano walo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanowaloeight; 8
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwalueight
3Proto-Austronesianwalueight

via Cebuano ug

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanougand
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Səpat →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat →Every word from Proto-Philippine əpat →