Where does “lau” come from?

lau (Hawaiian) comes from Proto-Polynesian rau, from Proto-Oceanic raun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dahun — leaf.

lau (Hawaiian): leaf; many, numerous; four hundred

Definitions

  1. leaf; many, numerous; four hundred

Ancestry of “lau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesianrauhundred
2Proto-OceanicraunUsed to count certain objects
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandahunleaf

Words derived from “lau”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dahun →Every word from Proto-Oceanic raun →Every word from Proto-Polynesian rau →