Where does “kawaloag siyam” come from?

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

kawaloag siyam (Cebuano): eighty-nine

Definitions

  1. eighty-nine

Ancestry of “kawaloag siyam”, step by step

kawaloag siyam traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano kawaloan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanokawaloaneighty
2Cebuanowaloeight; 8
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwalueight
4Proto-Austronesianwalueight

via Cebuano siyam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanosiyamnine; 9
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhiwa—
3Proto-AustronesianSiwanine

via Cebuano ug

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanougand
Every word from Proto-Austronesian walu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian walu →Every word from Cebuano walo →