Where does “mahu” come from?

mahu (Malay) comes from Proto-Polynesian *mafu — stale of food.

mahu (Malay): to want, to desire; will

Definitions

  1. to want, to desire; will

Ancestry of “mahu”, step by step

mahu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Polynesian *mafu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesian*mafustale of food

via Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *ma-qafu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Nuclear Polynesian*ma-qafu—

Words derived from “mahu”

Every word from Proto-Polynesian *mafu →