Where does “*topu” come from?

*topu (Proto-Oceanic) comes from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tobu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *təbu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian təbuh, from Proto-Austronesian təbuS — sugarcane.

*topu (Proto-Oceanic): sugar cane

Definitions

  1. sugar cane

Ancestry of “*topu”, step by step

*topu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tobu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*tobu—
2Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*təbu—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantəbuhsugar cane
4Proto-AustronesiantəbuSsugarcane

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tebuh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*tebuh—
2Proto-Austronesian*tebuS—

Words derived from “*topu”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian təbuS →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian təbuh →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *təbu →