Where does “onosagavulu” come from?

onosagavulu (Fijian) comes from Fijian ono, from Proto-Oceanic onom, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian onəm, from Turkish önem, from Turkish -im, from Ottoman Turkish م, from Arabic م, from Proto-Semitic šamaʿ-.

onosagavulu (Fijian): sixty

Definitions

  1. sixty

Ancestry of “onosagavulu”, step by step

onosagavulu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Fijian ono

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Fijianonosix
2Proto-Oceaniconomsix
3Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianonəmsix
4Turkishönemimportance
5Turkish-imFirst-person singular possessive suffix denoting...
6Ottoman Turkishمfirst-person singular possessive suffix;...
7Arabicمa prefix used to create nouns of place; a prefix...
8Proto-Semiticšamaʿ-

via Fijian sagavulu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Fijiansagavuluten
Every word from Proto-Semitic šamaʿ-Every word from Arabic مEvery word from Turkish -im