Where does “lima(ʔ)” come from?

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

lima(ʔ) (Proto-Malayic): five

Definitions

  1. five

Ancestry of “lima(ʔ)”, step by step

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

Words derived from “lima(ʔ)”

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