Where does “lima” come from?

lima (Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lima, from Proto-Austronesian lima — five; hand.

Ancestry of “lima”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlimafive; hand
2Proto-Austronesianlimafive; hand

Words derived from “lima”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian lima →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lima →