Where does “mabahaw” come from?

mabahaw (Hiligaynon) comes from Hiligaynon bahaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bahaw, from Proto-Austronesian baSaw.

mabahaw (Hiligaynon): stale, old

Definitions

  1. stale, old

Ancestry of “mabahaw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hiligaynonbahawcold; cold rice
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbahaw—
3Proto-AustronesianbaSaw—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian baSaw →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bahaw →Every word from Hiligaynon bahaw →