Where does “fonu” come from?

fonu (Chuukese) comes from Samoan fanua, from Proto-Polynesian fenua, from Proto-Oceanic panua, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian banua, from Proto-Austronesian banua — inhabited land.

fonu (Chuukese): land; island

Definitions

  1. land; island

Ancestry of “fonu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Samoanfanualand; Earth
2Proto-Polynesianfenuaworld; land
3Proto-Oceanicpanuainhabited area or territory
4Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*banua—
5Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*banua—
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbanuainhabited land
7Proto-Austronesianbanuainhabited land
Every word from Proto-Austronesian banua →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian banua →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *banua →