Where does “tolu” come from?

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

tolu (Proto-Polynesian): three

Definitions

  1. three

Ancestry of “tolu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanictoluthree
2Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesiantəlu—
3Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesiantəlu—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantəluthree
5Proto-Austronesiantəluthree

Words derived from “tolu”

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