Where does “manu” come from?

manu (Kapingamarangi) comes from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian manu, from Proto-Oceanic manu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian manuk, from Proto-Austronesian manuk — bird; chicken.

manu (Kapingamarangi): bird

Definitions

  1. bird

Ancestry of “manu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Nuclear Polynesianmanuflying bird
2Proto-Oceanicmanu—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianmanukbird
4Proto-Austronesianmanukbird; chicken
Every word from Proto-Austronesian manuk →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian manuk →Every word from Proto-Oceanic manu →
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