Where does “ñiur” come from?

ñiur (Proto-Malayic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian niuʀ — coconut.

ñiur (Proto-Malayic): coconut

Definitions

  1. coconut

Ancestry of “ñiur”, step by step

ñiur traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian niuʀ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianniuʀcoconut

via Proto-Austronesian *niuʀ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesian*niuʀ—

via Austronesian *niuʀ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Austronesian*niuʀ—

Words derived from “ñiur”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian niuʀ →