Where does “rua” come from?

rua (Fijian) comes from Proto-Oceanic rua, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian duha, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian duha, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian duSa — two.

rua (Fijian): two

Definitions

  1. two

Ancestry of “rua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanicruatwo
2Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianduha—
3Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianduha—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianduhatwo
5Proto-Austronesian*duha—
6Proto-AustronesianduSatwo

Words derived from “rua”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian duSa →Every word from Proto-Austronesian *duha →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duha →
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