Where does “lawod” come from?

lawod (Cebuano) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lahud, from Proto-Austronesian lahud — downstream.

lawod (Cebuano): midsea, high seas; where land cannot be seen or is distant in all sides

Definitions

  1. midsea, high seas; where land cannot be seen or is distant in all sides

Ancestry of “lawod”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlahuddownstream
2Proto-Austronesianlahuddownstream

Words derived from “lawod”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian lahud →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lahud →