Where does “pitu” come from?
pitu (Proto-Oceanic) comes from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian pitu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian pitu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pitu, from Proto-Austronesian pitu, from Proto-Austroasiatic *pitu.
Ancestry of “pitu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | pitu | — |
| 2 | Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | pitu | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | pitu | seven |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | pitu | seven |
| 5 | Proto-Austroasiatic | *pitu | — |
Words derived from “pitu”