Where does “lima” come from?

lima (Lau) comes from Proto-Oceanic lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lima, from Proto-Austronesian lima — five; hand.

lima (Lau): five

Definitions

  1. five

Ancestry of “lima”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceaniclimafive
2Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianlima—
3Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianlima—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlimafive; hand
5Proto-Austronesianlimafive; hand
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