Where does “niuʀ” come from?
niuʀ (Proto-Oceanic) comes from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian niuʀ — coconut.
niuʀ (Proto-Oceanic): coconut
Ancestry of “niuʀ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | *niuʀ | — |
| 2 | Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | *niuʀ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | niuʀ | coconut |
Words derived from “niuʀ”