Where does “kajiluw” come from?

kajiluw (Mokilese) comes from Mokilese jiluw, from Proto-Oceanic tolu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian təlu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian təlu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian təlu, from Proto-Austronesian təlu — three.

kajiluw (Mokilese): ordinal form of jiluw; third

Definitions

  1. ordinal form of jiluw; third

Ancestry of “kajiluw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mokilesejiluwthe numeral three
2Proto-Oceanictoluthree
3Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesiantəlu—
4Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesiantəlu—
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantəluthree
6Proto-Austronesiantəluthree
Every word from Proto-Austronesian təlu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian təlu →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian təlu →