Where does “walay kuskos balungos” come from?

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

walay kuskos balungos (Cebuano): fussless

Definitions

  1. fussless

Ancestry of “walay kuskos balungos”, step by step

walay kuskos balungos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano wala

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

via Cebuano kuskos balungos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanokuskos balungosfuss; excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wada →Every word from Austronesian *wada →Every word from Cebuano wala →