Where does “lawas” come from?

lawas (Tagalog) comes from Cebuano Lawas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawas.

lawas (Tagalog): teeth of a trident

Definitions

  1. teeth of a trident

Ancestry of “lawas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CebuanoLawasbody; torso
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*lawas—

Words derived from “lawas”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawas →Every word from Cebuano Lawas →