Where does “*ma-təlu” come from?

*ma-təlu (Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian) comes from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian təlu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian təlu, from Proto-Austronesian təlu — three.

Ancestry of “*ma-təlu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesiantəlu—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantəluthree
3Proto-Austronesiantəluthree

Words derived from “*ma-təlu”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian təlu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian təlu →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian təlu →