Where does “walay nahot” come from?

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

walay nahot (Cebuano): penniless

Definitions

  1. penniless

Ancestry of “walay nahot”, step by step

walay nahot 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 nahot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanonahotthe filament; the stalk of a flower stamen,...
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wada →Every word from Austronesian *wada →Every word from Cebuano wala →