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Where does “*kalo” come from?
*kalo (Proto-Polynesian) comes from Proto-Oceanic *karut.
Ancestry of “*kalo”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Oceanic
*karut
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Words derived from “*kalo”
ʻalo
karo
hōʻalo
kāʻalo
karo
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *karut →