Where does “kasal-anan” come from?

kasal-anan (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano sala, from Spanish sala, from Basque zahar, from Proto-Basque *za(h)ar — old.

kasal-anan (Cebuano): crime

Definitions

  1. crime

Ancestry of “kasal-anan”, step by step

kasal-anan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano sala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanosalaliving room; a tree, Lepidopetalum perrottetii;...
2Spanishsalaroom; large hall; ward
3Basquezaharold, aged
4Proto-Basque*za(h)arold

via Cebuano ka- -anan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoka- -anan
Every word from Proto-Basque *za(h)ar