Where does “pū” come from?

pū (Pukapukan) comes from Proto-Polynesian puqu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puqun, from Proto-Austronesian puqun.

pū (Pukapukan): trunk, stump of tree

Definitions

  1. trunk, stump of tree

Ancestry of “pū”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesianpuqubase of a tree; origin
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpuqunbase of a tree; origin
3Proto-Austronesianpuqun—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian puqun →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puqun →Every word from Proto-Polynesian puqu →