Where does “*maatolu” come from?

*maatolu (Proto-Polynesian) comes from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ma-tolu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ma-təlu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian təlu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian təlu, from Proto-Austronesian təlu — three.

Ancestry of “*maatolu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*ma-tolu—
2Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*ma-təlu—
3Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesiantəlu—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantəluthree
5Proto-Austronesiantəluthree

Words derived from “*maatolu”

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