Where does “maglana og putot” come from?
maglana og putot (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano lana, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian laña, from Spanish lanar, from Spanish lana, from Old Spanish lana, from Latin lana, from Proto-Italic wlānā, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.
maglana og putot (Cebuano): It is better to engage in a highly tedious, unproductive, or nearly impossible task than to waste time on an even more absurd, futile, or completely hopeless endeavor. (Literally, "extracting oil from a young coconut")
Definitions
- It is better to engage in a highly tedious, unproductive, or nearly impossible task than to waste time on an even more absurd, futile, or completely hopeless endeavor. (Literally, "extracting oil from a young coconut")
Ancestry of “maglana og putot”, step by step
maglana og putot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Cebuano lana
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cebuano | lana | gasoline; petrol; a wave that looks like a thin... |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | laña | oil |
| 3 | Spanish | lanar | wool-bearing |
| 4 | Spanish | lana | wool; cash, money, dough |
| 5 | Old Spanish | lana | — |
| 6 | Latin | lana | wool; ablative singular of lāna; vocative... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | wlānā | wool |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ | wool |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |
via Cebuano og
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cebuano | og | Indefinite article, used as object marker for... |