Where does “walay bisan anino” come from?

walay bisan anino (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano walay, from Cebuano wala, from Austronesian *wada, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wada — to be.

walay bisan anino (Cebuano): Completely missing in action (MIA); absent without leave (AWOL); vanishing without a trace. An expression used to describe someone who has entirely disappeared, failed to show up, or whose presence is completely unfelt in a place where they were expected to be

Definitions

  1. Completely missing in action (MIA); absent without leave (AWOL); vanishing without a trace. An expression used to describe someone who has entirely disappeared, failed to show up, or whose presence is completely unfelt in a place where they were expected to be

Ancestry of “walay bisan anino”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanowalayless, un-, lacking
2Cebuanowalaindicates the nonexistence or absence of something; there is none, no one, nothing
3Austronesian*wada—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwadato be
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wada →Every word from Austronesian *wada →Every word from Cebuano wala →