Where does “taw-an pay dakit” come from?

taw-an pay dakit (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano taw-an, from Cebuano tawo, from Proto-Philippine tau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tau, from Proto-Austronesian Cau — person, human being.

taw-an pay dakit (Cebuano): Utterly lonely, deserted, abandoned, or devoid of human life. An ironic, hyperbolic expression used to describe a place, street, establishment, or event that is so completely empty and quiet that even a notoriously haunted, spirit-infested balete tree has more social activity or "people" hanging aro