Where does “walay sapatos” come from?

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

walay sapatos (Cebuano): shoeless

Definitions

  1. shoeless

Ancestry of “walay sapatos”, step by step

walay sapatos 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 sapatos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanosapatosa shoe; shoes, or a pair of shoes
2Spanishzapatosplural of zapato; shoes
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wada →Every word from Austronesian *wada →Every word from Cebuano wala →
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