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Where does “*lima,*qalima” come from?

*lima,*qalima (Proto-Malayo-Polynesian) comes from Proto-Austronesian qalima — hand.

Ancestry of “*lima,*qalima”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesianqalimahand
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