Where does “rua” come from?

rua (Rarotongan) comes from Proto-Eastern Polynesian rua, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian rua, from Proto-Polynesian rua, from Proto-Oceanic rua, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian duha, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian duha, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duha — two.

rua (Rarotongan): two

Definitions

  1. two

Ancestry of “rua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Eastern Polynesianrua—
2Proto-Nuclear Polynesianrua—
3Proto-Polynesianruatwo
4Proto-Oceanicruatwo
5Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianduha—
6Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianduha—
7Proto-Malayo-Polynesianduhatwo
8Proto-Austronesian*duha—
9Proto-AustronesianduSatwo

Words derived from “rua”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian duSa →Every word from Proto-Austronesian *duha →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duha →