Where does “vatu” come from?

vatu (Fijian) comes from Proto-Oceanic patu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batux — rock; stone.

vatu (Fijian): stone

Definitions

  1. stone

Ancestry of “vatu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanicpatustone, rock
2Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*batu—
3Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*batu—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbatustone
5Proto-Austronesian*batuxrock; stone

Words derived from “vatu”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *batux →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian batu →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *batu →