Where does “fonu” come from?

fonu (Proto-Polynesian) comes from Proto-Oceanic ponuq, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ponuq, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pənuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pənuq, from Proto-Austronesian pəNuq — full.

fonu (Proto-Polynesian): sea turtle; full

Definitions

  1. sea turtle; full

Ancestry of “fonu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanicponuq—
2Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*ponuq—
3Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*pənuq—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpənuq—
5Proto-AustronesianpəNuqfull

Words derived from “fonu”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian pəNuq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pənuq →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pənuq →
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