Where does “walay buot” come from?

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

walay buot (Cebuano): ill-mannered; unmannered

Definitions

  1. ill-mannered; unmannered

Ancestry of “walay buot”, step by step

walay buot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano walay

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

via Cebuano buot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanobuotwill; volition; reason; sanity; the Philippine...
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wada →Every word from Austronesian *wada →Every word from Cebuano wala →