Where does “daya” come from?

daya (Hiligaynon) comes from Malay daya, from Proto-Malayic daya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daya, from Proto-Austronesian daya — landward; upstream.

daya (Hiligaynon): cheat; trick; to cheat; to defraud; to swindle;...

Definitions

  1. cheat; trick; to cheat; to defraud; to swindle;...

Ancestry of “daya”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaydayalandward; upstream; trick
2Proto-Malayicdaya—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandayalandward; upstream; to trick
4Proto-Austronesiandayalandward; upstream
Every word from Proto-Austronesian daya →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daya →Every word from Proto-Malayic daya →