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Where does “liqo” come from?

liqo (Proto-Oceanic) comes from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian liqə, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian liqəʀ, from Proto-Austronesian liqəʀ — neck.

Ancestry of “liqo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianliqə—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianliqəʀneck
3Proto-Austronesianliqəʀneck

Words derived from “liqo”

  • leo
  • reo
  • te reo Māori
  • te reo
  • reo
  • leqo
  • leo
  • lea
  • leo
Every word from Proto-Austronesian liqəʀ →