Where does “umahan” come from?

umahan (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano uma, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quma, from Proto-Austronesian *qumah — swidden.

umahan (Cebuano): farmlands; cultivated piece of land

Definitions

  1. farmlands; cultivated piece of land

Ancestry of “umahan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoumafarm; a piece of land where crops or animals are raised
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qumafarm
3Proto-Austronesian*qumahswidden
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *qumah →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quma →Every word from Cebuano uma →