Where does “tapu” come from?

tapu (Proto-Polynesian) comes from Proto-Oceanic tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian tambu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian tambu.

tapu (Proto-Polynesian): taboo

Definitions

  1. taboo

Ancestry of “tapu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanictabu—
2Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesiantambu—
3Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesiantambu—

Words derived from “tapu”

Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian tambu →Every word from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian tambu →Every word from Proto-Oceanic tabu →