Where does “utangan” come from?

utangan (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano utang, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qutaŋ.

utangan (Cebuano): indebted; obligated, especially financially; a...

Definitions

  1. indebted; obligated, especially financially; a...

Ancestry of “utangan”, step by step

utangan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano utang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoutangdebt; credit; to owe
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qutaŋ—

via Indonesian utang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianutangdebt
2Malayhutangdebt an amount of money one owes someone else
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qutaŋ →Every word from Cebuano utang →