Where does “vitu” come from?

vitu (Fijian) comes from Proto-Oceanic pitu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian pitu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian pitu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pitu, from Proto-Austronesian pitu, from Proto-Austroasiatic *pitu.

vitu (Fijian): seven

Definitions

  1. seven

Ancestry of “vitu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanicpituseven
2Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianpitu
3Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianpitu
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpituseven
5Proto-Austronesianpituseven
6Proto-Austroasiatic*pitu

Words derived from “vitu

Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *pituEvery word from Proto-Austronesian pituEvery word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pitu
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