Where does “walang-kabuluhan” come from?

walang-kabuluhan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog kabuluhan, from Tagalog bulo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bulu, from Proto-Austronesian bulu.

walang-kabuluhan (Tagalog): meaningless; insignificant; worthless

Definitions

  1. meaningless; insignificant; worthless

Ancestry of “walang-kabuluhan”, step by step

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

via Tagalog kabuluhan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkabuluhanworth; value; importance
2Tagalogbulocalf; young cow, carabao, etc
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuluhair
4Proto-Austronesianbulu—

via Tagalog wala

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