Where does “kaumahan” come from?

kaumahan (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano uma, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quma, from Proto-Austronesian *qumah — swidden.

kaumahan (Cebuano): farmlands; cultivated piece of land

Definitions

  1. farmlands; cultivated piece of land

Ancestry of “kaumahan”, step by step

kaumahan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano uma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoumafarm; a piece of land where crops or animals are raised
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qumafarm
3Proto-Austronesian*qumahswidden

via Cebuano ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoka- -anindicates a place where such objects are found
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *qumah →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quma →Every word from Cebuano uma →