Where does “maduha-duhaon” come from?

maduha-duhaon (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano duha-duha, from Cebuano duha, from Proto-Philippine *duha, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian duSa — two.

maduha-duhaon (Cebuano): full of doubts, suspicion

Definitions

  1. full of doubts, suspicion

Ancestry of “maduha-duhaon”, step by step

maduha-duhaon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano duha-duha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoduha-duhaby pairs; two by two; two at a time
2Cebuanoduhatwo; 2; both; the two
3Proto-Philippine*duhatwo
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianduhatwo
5Proto-Austronesian*duha
6Proto-AustronesianduSatwo

via Cebuano ma- -on

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoma- -on
Every word from Proto-Austronesian duSa