Where does “walay ikaduha” come from?
walay ikaduha (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano ikaduha, from Cebuano ika-, from Proto-Austronesian Sika-, from Finnish Sika, from Proto-Finnic cika, from Proto-West Germanic tigā — she-goat.
walay ikaduha (Cebuano): incomparable; so much better than another as to be beyond comparison; matchless or unsurpassed
Definitions
- incomparable; so much better than another as to be beyond comparison; matchless or unsurpassed
Ancestry of “walay ikaduha”, step by step
walay ikaduha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Cebuano ikaduha
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cebuano | ikaduha | second; 2nd; the second place; below the first... |
| 2 | Cebuano | ika- | Used to form ordinal numbers; Attached to a... |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | Sika- | — |
| 4 | Finnish | Sika | Pig the twelfth animal in the 12-year cycle in Chinese zodiac |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | cika | pig |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | tigā | she-goat |