Where does “taaro” come from?

taaro (Finnish) comes from English Taro, from Maori taro, from Proto-Polynesian talo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taləs — taro.

taaro (Finnish): taro

Definitions

  1. taro

Ancestry of “taaro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishTaroColocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato
2Maoritarotaro; bread
3Proto-Polynesiantalotaro, eddo
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantaləstaro
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