Where does “makanapulog walo” come from?

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

makanapulog walo (Cebuano): eighteen times

Definitions

  1. eighteen times

Ancestry of “makanapulog walo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanonapulog waloeighteen
2Cebuanowaloeight; 8
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwalueight
4Proto-Austronesianwalueight
Every word from Proto-Austronesian walu