Where does “niho” come from?

niho ('Are'are) comes from Proto-Oceanic *nipo-, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *nipən, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *nipən, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian nipən, from Proto-Austronesian nipən — tooth.

niho ('Are'are): tooth

Definitions

  1. tooth

Ancestry of “niho”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanic*nipo-tooth
2Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*nipən—
3Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*nipən—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiannipəntooth
5Proto-Austronesiannipəntooth
Every word from Proto-Austronesian nipən →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian nipən →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *nipən →