Where does “tatauranga” come from?

tatauranga (Maori) comes from Maori tatau, from Proto-Polynesian *tatau₃.

Ancestry of “tatauranga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maoritatau—
2Proto-Polynesian*tatau₃—
Every word from Proto-Polynesian *tatau₃ →Every word from Maori tatau →
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