Where does “walu” come from?

walu (Hawaiian) comes from Proto-Polynesian walu, from Proto-Oceanic walu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian walu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian walu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian walu, from Proto-Austronesian walu — eight.

walu (Hawaiian): eight, eighth; to scratch

Definitions

  1. eight, eighth; to scratch

Ancestry of “walu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesianwalueight
2Proto-Oceanicwalueight
3Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianwalueight
4Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianwalueight
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwalueight
6Proto-Austronesianwalueight

Words derived from “walu”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian walu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian walu →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian walu →