Where does “vasagavulu” come from?

vasagavulu (Fijian) comes from Fijian va, from Proto-Oceanic pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat, from Proto-Austronesian Səpat — four.

vasagavulu (Fijian): forty

Definitions

  1. forty

Ancestry of “vasagavulu”, step by step

vasagavulu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Fijian va

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Fijianvafour
2Proto-Oceanicpatfour
3Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianpatfour
4Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianpat—
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəpatfour
6Proto-AustronesianSəpatfour

via Fijian sagavulu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Fijiansagavuluten
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