Where does “auau” come from?

auau (Maori) comes from Maori au, from Proto-Eastern Polynesian au, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian au, from Proto-Polynesian au, from Proto-Oceanic (i-)au, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian (i-)aku, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian (i-)aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (i-)aku — I; me; my.

Ancestry of “auau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MaoriauI; me; current
2Proto-Eastern Polynesianau—
3Proto-Nuclear Polynesianau—
4Proto-PolynesianauI, me, my
5Proto-Oceanic(i-)auI
6Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian(i-)akuI
7Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian(i-)akuI; me; my
8Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(i-)akuI; me; my
9Proto-Austronesian(i-)akuI; me; my

Words derived from “auau”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian (i-)aku →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (i-)aku →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian (i-)aku →