Where does “patu” come from?
patu (Kambera) comes from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat, from Proto-Austronesian Səpat — four.
patu (Kambera): four
Ancestry of “patu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | əpat | four |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | əpat | four |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | Səpat | four |