Where does “vanua” come from?

vanua (Fijian) comes from Proto-Oceanic panua, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian banua, from Proto-Austronesian banua — inhabited land.

vanua (Fijian): land

Definitions

  1. land

Ancestry of “vanua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanicpanuainhabited area or territory
2Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*banua—
3Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*banua—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbanuainhabited land
5Proto-Austronesianbanuainhabited land
Every word from Proto-Austronesian banua →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian banua →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *banua →