Where does “paleotsunami” come from?

paleotsunami (English) comes from English paleo, from Hawaiian leo, from Proto-Polynesian leo, from Proto-Oceanic leqo, from Proto-Oceanic *(qa-)liqoʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *liqəʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *liqəʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian liqəʀ — neck.

paleotsunami (English): An ancient, unrecorded tsunami

Definitions

  1. An ancient, unrecorded tsunami

Ancestry of “paleotsunami”, step by step

paleotsunami traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English paleo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpaleoClipping of paleodiet
2Hawaiianleovoice; sound; command; verbal message
3Proto-Polynesianleovoice; language; speech
4Proto-Oceanicleqo—
5Proto-Oceanic*(qa-)liqoʀthroat front part of the neck
6Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*liqəʀ—
7Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*liqəʀ—
8Proto-Malayo-Polynesianliqəʀneck
9Proto-Austronesianliqəʀneck

via English tsunami

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtsunamiA very large and destructive wave, generally...
2Japanese津波a tsunami; a tidal wave; a tidal bore
3Japanese波wave
4Middle Chinese波—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian liqəʀ →