Where does “leo” come from?

leo (Helong) comes from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian liqə, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian liqəʀ, from Proto-Austronesian liqəʀ — neck.

leo (Helong): neck

Definitions

  1. neck

Ancestry of “leo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianliqə—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianliqəʀneck
3Proto-Austronesianliqəʀneck
Every word from Proto-Austronesian liqəʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian liqəʀ →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian liqə →