Where does “kawaloan” come from?

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

kawaloan (Cebuano): eighty

Definitions

  1. eighty

Ancestry of “kawaloan”, step by step

kawaloan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano walo

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

via Cebuano ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoka- -anindicates a place where such objects are found
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—

Words derived from “kawaloan”

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