Where does “Manu” come from?

Manu (Hawaiian) comes from Proto-Polynesian *manu, from Proto-Oceanic manu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian manuk, from Proto-Austronesian manuk — bird; chicken.

Manu (Hawaiian): bird animal

Definitions

  1. bird animal

Ancestry of “Manu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesian*manu—
2Proto-Oceanicmanu—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianmanukbird
4Proto-Austronesianmanukbird; chicken

Words derived from “Manu”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian manuk →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian manuk →Every word from Proto-Oceanic manu →