Where does “*walu” come from?

*walu (Proto-Philippine) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian walu, from Proto-Austronesian walu — eight.

Ancestry of “*walu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwalueight
2Proto-Austronesianwalueight

Words derived from “*walu”

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