Where does “lima” come from?

lima (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic lima(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lima, from Proto-Austronesian lima — five; hand.

lima (Malay): five

Definitions

  1. five

Ancestry of “lima”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayiclima(ʔ)five
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlimafive; hand
3Proto-Austronesianlimafive; hand

Words derived from “lima

Every word from Proto-Austronesian lima