Where does “Niue” come from?

Niue (Finnish) comes from English Niue, from Niuean Niuē, from Niuean niu, from Proto-Polynesian niu, from Proto-Oceanic niuʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian niuʀ — coconut.

Niue (Finnish): Niuean language

Definitions

  1. Niuean language

Ancestry of “Niue”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNiue—
2NiueanNiuēbehold the coconut palm
3Niueanniucoconut
4Proto-Polynesianniucoconut
5Proto-Oceanicniuʀcoconut
6Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*niuʀ—
7Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*niuʀ—
8Proto-Malayo-Polynesianniuʀcoconut

Words derived from “Niue”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian niuʀ →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ →Every word from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ →