Where does “kutu” come from?
kutu (Maori) comes from Proto-Polynesian kutu, from Proto-Oceanic kutu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian kutu, from Austronesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCux.
kutu (Maori): louse
Ancestry of “kutu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Polynesian | kutu | louse |
| 2 | Proto-Oceanic | kutu | — |
| 3 | Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | kutu | — |
| 4 | Austronesian | *kutu | — |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | *kuCux | — |