Where does “liga” come from?

liga (Fijian) comes from Proto-Oceanic lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lima, from Proto-Austronesian lima — five; hand.

liga (Fijian): hand

Definitions

  1. hand

Ancestry of “liga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceaniclimafive
2Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianlima—
3Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianlima—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlimafive; hand
5Proto-Austronesianlimafive; hand
Every word from Proto-Austronesian lima →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lima →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian lima →