Where does “pū” come from?

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

pū (Rarotongan): tree; main or original stem of a plant as distinguished from offshoots, suckers, etc

Definitions

  1. tree; main or original stem of a plant as distinguished from offshoots, suckers, etc

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 →