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.
vatu (Fijian): stone
Ancestry of “vatu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Oceanic | patu | — |
| 2 | Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | *batu | — |
| 3 | Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | *batu | — |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | batu | stone |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | *batux | — |
Words derived from “vatu”