Where does “katloag walo” come from?

katloag walo (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano walo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian walu, from Proto-Austronesian walu — eight.

katloag walo (Cebuano): thirty-eight

Definitions

  1. thirty-eight

Ancestry of “katloag walo”, step by step

katloag walo traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano walo

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

via Cebuano katloan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanokatloanthirty
2Cebuanotulothree; 3; waterdrop; a drop of something liquid;...
3Austronesian*təlu

via Cebuano ug

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanougand
Every word from Proto-Austronesian walu