Where does “manu” come from?

manu (Fijian) comes from Proto-Oceanic manuk, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian manuk, from Proto-Austronesian manuk — bird; chicken.

manu (Fijian): bird

Definitions

  1. bird

Ancestry of “manu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanicmanukbird, flying animal
2Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*manuk—
3Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*manuk—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianmanukbird
5Proto-Austronesianmanukbird; chicken
Every word from Proto-Austronesian manuk →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian manuk →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *manuk →
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