Where does “tagahawak” come from?

tagahawak (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano hawak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak, from Proto-Austronesian *Sawak — waist.

tagahawak (Cebuano): waist-deep; reaching up to the waist; waist-high

Definitions

  1. waist-deep; reaching up to the waist; waist-high

Ancestry of “tagahawak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanohawakwaist
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*hawakwaist
3Proto-Austronesian*Sawakwaist
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *Sawak →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak →Every word from Cebuano hawak →