Where does “walang-kulay” come from?

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

walang-kulay (Tagalog): colorless

Definitions

  1. colorless

Ancestry of “walang-kulay”, step by step

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

via Tagalog wala

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

via Tagalog kulay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkulaycolor
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*kuray—
Every word from Proto-Philippine *wada →