Where does “limo” come from?

limo (Minangkabau) comes from Proto-Malayic lima(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lima, from Proto-Austronesian lima — five; hand.

limo (Minangkabau): five

Definitions

  1. five

Ancestry of “limo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayiclima(ʔ)five
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlimafive; hand
3Proto-Austronesianlimafive; hand
Every word from Proto-Austronesian lima →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lima →Every word from Proto-Malayic lima(ʔ) →