Is “whala” an adaptation from the French “voilá” or of a different origin?

jayd16 · on Nov 26, 2020

Its a boneappletea-ism.

beagle3 · on Nov 26, 2020

Not clear. Look at https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wallah#Etymology_2

wallah is arabic slang for "by god"

voila is french for "look there", meaning "just look at that"

They are totally different semantically interjections originally, yet one fits almost everywhere the other does, and if Wiktionary is to be believed, in Danish one is a spelling for the other.

logicslave · on Nov 26, 2020

Its me not caring about the spelling haha...

TN1ck · on Nov 26, 2020

Could be confused with "Vallah" though in this case: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Vallah

Cthulhu_ · on Nov 26, 2020

Few things nerdsnipe the HN crowd like a misspelling, lol.