Where does “honu” come from?

honu (Arosi) comes from Proto-Oceanic ponuq, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ponuq, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pənuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pənuq, from Proto-Austronesian pəNuq — full.

honu (Arosi): to fill

Definitions

  1. to fill

Ancestry of “honu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanicponuq—
2Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*ponuq—
3Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*pənuq—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpənuq—
5Proto-AustronesianpəNuqfull
Every word from Proto-Austronesian pəNuq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pənuq →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pənuq →