Where does “walu” come from?

walu (Proto-Oceanic) comes from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian walu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian walu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian walu, from Proto-Austronesian walu — eight.

walu (Proto-Oceanic): eight

Definitions

  1. eight

Ancestry of “walu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianwalueight
2Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianwalueight
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwalueight
4Proto-Austronesianwalueight

Words derived from “walu”

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