Where does “toro” come from?

toro (Maori) comes from Proto-Polynesian *dolo, from Proto-Oceanic *dolo.

Ancestry of “toro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesian*dolo—
2Proto-Oceanic*dolo—

Words derived from “toro”

Every word from Proto-Oceanic *dolo →Every word from Proto-Polynesian *dolo →
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