Where does “kawaluan” come from?

kawaluan (Hiligaynon) comes from Hiligaynon walo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian walu, from Proto-Austronesian walu — eight.

kawaluan (Hiligaynon): eighty

Definitions

  1. eighty

Ancestry of “kawaluan”, step by step

kawaluan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hiligaynon walo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hiligaynonwaloeight
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwalueight
3Proto-Austronesianwalueight

via Hiligaynon ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hiligaynonka- -an—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian walu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian walu →Every word from Hiligaynon walo →
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