Where does “kawalang-hiyaan” come from?

kawalang-hiyaan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog walang-hiya, from Tagalog hiya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian həyaq, from Proto-Austronesian *Səyaq.

kawalang-hiyaan (Tagalog): shamelessness; brazenness

Definitions

  1. shamelessness; brazenness

Ancestry of “kawalang-hiyaan”, step by step

kawalang-hiyaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog walang-hiya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogwalang-hiyashameless; brazen
2Tagaloghiyashame; a painful feeling of having done something...
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhəyaq—
4Proto-Austronesian*Səyaq—

via Tagalog ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -anused to form abstract nouns
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *Səyaq →