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Where does “pitu” come from?

pitu (Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pitu, from Proto-Austronesian pitu, from Proto-Austroasiatic *pitu.

Ancestry of “pitu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpituseven
2Proto-Austronesianpituseven
3Proto-Austroasiatic*pitu—
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *pitu →