Where does “kaualu” come from?

kaualu (Kapampangan) comes from Tetum ualu, from Proto-Philippine *walu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian walu, from Proto-Austronesian walu — eight.

kaualu (Kapampangan): eighth

Definitions

  1. eighth

Ancestry of “kaualu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tetumualueight
2Proto-Philippine*walu—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwalueight
4Proto-Austronesianwalueight
Every word from Proto-Austronesian walu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian walu →Every word from Proto-Philippine *walu →
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