Where does “Niuē” come from?

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

Niuē (Niuean): behold the coconut palm

Definitions

  1. behold the coconut palm

Ancestry of “Niuē”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Niueanniucoconut
2Proto-Polynesianniucoconut
3Proto-Oceanicniuʀcoconut
4Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*niuʀ—
5Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*niuʀ—
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesianniuʀcoconut

Words derived from “Niuē”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian niuʀ →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ →Every word from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ →
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