Where does “nelo” come from?

nelo (Aiwoo) comes from Proto-Oceanic *laur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lahud, from Proto-Austronesian lahud — downstream.

Ancestry of “nelo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanic*laursea
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlahuddownstream
3Proto-Austronesianlahuddownstream
Every word from Proto-Austronesian lahud →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lahud →Every word from Proto-Oceanic *laur →