Where does “lima” come from?

lima (Proto-Oceanic) comes from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lima, from Proto-Austronesian lima — five; hand.

lima (Proto-Oceanic): five

Definitions

  1. five

Ancestry of “lima”, step by step

lima traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian lima

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianlima—
2Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianlima—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlimafive; hand
4Proto-Austronesianlimafive; hand

via Austronesian *lima

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Austronesian*lima—

Words derived from “lima”

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