Where does “niu” come from?

niu (Motu) comes from Proto-Oceanic niuʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian niuʀ — coconut.

niu (Motu): coconut

Definitions

  1. coconut

Ancestry of “niu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanicniuʀcoconut
2Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*niuʀ—
3Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*niuʀ—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianniuʀcoconut
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian niuʀ →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ →Every word from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ →