Where does “tolusagavulu” come from?

tolusagavulu (Fijian) comes from Fijian tolu, from Proto-Oceanic tolu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian təlu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian təlu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian təlu, from Proto-Austronesian təlu — three.

tolusagavulu (Fijian): thirty

Definitions

  1. thirty

Ancestry of “tolusagavulu”, step by step

tolusagavulu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Fijian tolu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Fijiantoluthree
2Proto-Oceanictoluthree
3Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesiantəlu
4Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesiantəlu
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantəluthree
6Proto-Austronesiantəluthree

via Fijian sagavulu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Fijiansagavuluten
Every word from Proto-Austronesian təlu