Where does “uwan init” come from?

uwan init (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano init, from Proto-Philippine *qinit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qinit.

uwan init (Cebuano): a sun shower

Definitions

  1. a sun shower

Ancestry of “uwan init”, step by step

uwan init traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano init

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoinitheat; warmth; temperature; hot; warm; humid;...
2Proto-Philippine*qinit—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qinit—

via Cebuano uwan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanouwanrain; to rain; to fall in large quantities
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qinit →Every word from Proto-Philippine *qinit →Every word from Cebuano init →