Where does “*kuupoo” come from?
*kuupoo (Proto-Polynesian) comes from Proto-Oceanic *kobuŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kəmpuŋ.
Ancestry of “*kuupoo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Oceanic | *kobuŋ | — |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *kəmpuŋ | — |