Where does “Wah” come from?

Wah derives from Cantonese 華, whose original meaning and ultimate etymology remain unattested.

Wah (English): The red panda

Definitions

  1. The red panda

Ancestry of “Wah”, step by step

Wah traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cantonese 華

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cantonese華—

via Nepali wah donka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Nepaliwah donka—

Words derived from “Wah”

Every word from Cantonese 華 →