Where does “balewala” come from?

balewala (Tagalog) comes from Proto-Indo-European bale-, from Yoruba ilé — home; house.

balewala (Tagalog): worthless; of no value; unimportant

Definitions

  1. worthless; of no value; unimportant

Ancestry of “balewala”, step by step

balewala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European bale-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanbale-bog, marsh
2Yorubailéhome; house

via Tagalog wala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogwalanothing; none; absent; gulf; high seas
2Proto-Philippine*wada—

Words derived from “balewala”

Every word from Yoruba ilé →