Where does “Bōļau” come from?

Bōļau (Marshallese) comes from English Palau, from Palauan Belau, from Proto-Austronesian banua — inhabited land.

Ancestry of “Bōļau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPalau—
2PalauanBelauPalau
3Proto-Austronesianbanuainhabited land

Words derived from “Bōļau”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian banua →Every word from Palauan Belau →Every word from English Palau →