Where does “walang-dila” come from?

walang-dila (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog dila, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dilaq, from Proto-Austronesian dilaq, from Proto-Austroasiatic *dilaq.

walang-dila (Tagalog): tongueless; without a tongue

Definitions

  1. tongueless; without a tongue

Ancestry of “walang-dila”, step by step

walang-dila traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog dila

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogdilatongue
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandilaqtongue
3Proto-Austronesiandilaq—
4Proto-Austroasiatic*dilaq—

via Tagalog wala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogwalanothing; none; absent; gulf; high seas
2Proto-Philippine*wada—
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *dilaq →