Where does “limasefulu” come from?

limasefulu (Samoan) comes from Samoan lima, 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.

limasefulu (Samoan): fifty

Definitions

  1. fifty

Ancestry of “limasefulu”, step by step

limasefulu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Samoan lima

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Samoanlimafive
2Proto-Polynesianlimahand
3Proto-Oceaniclimafive
4Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianlima—
5Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianlima—
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlimafive; hand
7Proto-Austronesianlimafive; hand

via Samoan sefulu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Samoansefuluten
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