Where does “kabaliwan” come from?

kabaliwan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog ka- -an, from Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an.

kabaliwan (Tagalog): madness; insanity

Definitions

  1. madness; insanity

Ancestry of “kabaliwan”, step by step

kabaliwan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -anused to form abstract nouns
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—

via Proto-Austronesian baliw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesianbaliwto buy
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an →Every word from Tagalog ka- -an →
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