Where does “tolusefulu” come from?

tolusefulu (Samoan) comes from Samoan tolu, from Proto-Polynesian tolu, from Proto-Oceanic tolu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian təlu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian təlu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian təlu, from Proto-Austronesian təlu — three.

tolusefulu (Samoan): thirty

Definitions

  1. thirty

Ancestry of “tolusefulu”, step by step

tolusefulu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Samoan tolu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Samoantoluthree
2Proto-Polynesiantoluthree
3Proto-Oceanictoluthree
4Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesiantəlu—
5Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesiantəlu—
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantəluthree
7Proto-Austronesiantəluthree

via Samoan sefulu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Samoansefuluten
Every word from Proto-Austronesian təlu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian təlu →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian təlu →