Where does “walang hanggan” come from?

walang hanggan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog wala, from Proto-Philippine *wada.

walang hanggan (Tagalog): everlasting; eternal; ad infinitum; eternity

Definitions

  1. everlasting; eternal; ad infinitum; eternity

Ancestry of “walang hanggan”, step by step

walang hanggan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog wala

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

via Tagalog hanggan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloghangganboundary; end; limit
Every word from Proto-Philippine *wada →Every word from Tagalog wala →