Where does “dyahe” come from?
dyahe (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog hiya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian həyaq, from Proto-Austronesian *Səyaq.
dyahe (Tagalog): embarrassed; shameful
Ancestry of “dyahe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Tagalog | hiya | shame; a painful feeling of having done something... |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | həyaq | — |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | *Səyaq | — |