Where does “walang-hiya” come from?

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

walang-hiya (Tagalog): shameless; brazen

Definitions

  1. shameless; brazen

Ancestry of “walang-hiya”, step by step

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

via Tagalog hiya

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

via Tagalog wala

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

Words derived from “walang-hiya”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *Səyaq →