Where does “wolu” come from?

wolu (Old Javanese) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian walu, from Proto-Austronesian walu — eight.

wolu (Old Javanese): eight

Definitions

  1. eight

Ancestry of “wolu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwalueight
2Proto-Austronesianwalueight
Every word from Proto-Austronesian walu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian walu →