Where does “lawod” come from?

lawod (Waray-Waray) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lahud, from Proto-Austronesian lahud — downstream.

lawod (Waray-Waray): midsea; high seas

Definitions

  1. midsea; high seas

Ancestry of “lawod”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlahuddownstream
2Proto-Austronesianlahuddownstream
Every word from Proto-Austronesian lahud →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lahud →