Where does “kawaluan” come from?

kawaluan (Waray-Waray) comes from Waray-Waray walo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian walu, from Proto-Austronesian walu — eight.

kawaluan (Waray-Waray): eighty

Definitions

  1. eighty

Ancestry of “kawaluan”, step by step

kawaluan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Waray-Waray walo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Waray-Waraywaloeight
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwalueight
3Proto-Austronesianwalueight

via Waray-Waray ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Waray-Warayka- -an—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian walu →