Where does “pitu” come from?

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

pitu (Proto-Malayic): seven

Definitions

  1. seven

Ancestry of “pitu”, step by step

pitu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pitu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpituseven
2Proto-Austronesianpituseven
3Proto-Austroasiatic*pitu—

via Proto-Malayo-Chamic pitu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Chamicpitu—
2Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanpitu—

Words derived from “pitu”

Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *pitu →Every word from Proto-Austronesian pitu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pitu →