Where does “limasagavulu” come from?

limasagavulu (Fijian) comes from Fijian lima, 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.

limasagavulu (Fijian): fifty

Definitions

  1. fifty

Ancestry of “limasagavulu”, step by step

limasagavulu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Fijian lima

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Fijianlimafive
2Proto-Oceaniclimafive
3Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianlima—
4Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianlima—
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlimafive; hand
6Proto-Austronesianlimafive; hand

via Fijian sagavulu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Fijiansagavuluten
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