Where does “lima” come from?

lima (Samoan) comes from Proto-Polynesian lima, from Proto-Oceanic lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lima, from Proto-Austronesian lima — five; hand.

lima (Samoan): five

Definitions

  1. five

Ancestry of “lima”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesianlimahand
2Proto-Oceaniclimafive
3Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianlima—
4Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianlima—
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlimafive; hand
6Proto-Austronesianlimafive; hand

Words derived from “lima”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian lima →