Where does “fontsy” come from?

fontsy (Malagasy) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian punti, from Proto-Austronesian punti — banana.

fontsy (Malagasy): a kind of long banana

Definitions

  1. a kind of long banana

Ancestry of “fontsy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpuntibanana
2Proto-Austronesianpuntibanana
Every word from Proto-Austronesian punti →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian punti →