Where does “mākolu” come from?

mākolu (Hawaiian) comes from Proto-Polynesian *maatolu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ma-tolu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ma-təlu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian təlu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian təlu, from Proto-Austronesian təlu — three.

mākolu (Hawaiian): thick

Definitions

  1. thick

Ancestry of “mākolu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesian*maatolu—
2Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*ma-tolu—
3Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*ma-təlu—
4Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesiantəlu—
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantəluthree
6Proto-Austronesiantəluthree
Every word from Proto-Austronesian təlu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian təlu →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian təlu →