Where does “vu” come from?

vu (Fijian) comes from Proto-Oceanic *puqu-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puqun, from Proto-Austronesian puqun.

vu (Fijian): bottom

Definitions

  1. bottom

Ancestry of “vu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanic*puqu-base of a tree
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpuqunbase of a tree; origin
3Proto-Austronesianpuqun—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian puqun →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puqun →Every word from Proto-Oceanic *puqu- →