Where does “valusefulu” come from?

valusefulu (Samoan) comes from Samoan valu, from Proto-Polynesian walu, from Proto-Oceanic walu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian walu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian walu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian walu, from Proto-Austronesian walu — eight.

valusefulu (Samoan): eighty

Definitions

  1. eighty

Ancestry of “valusefulu”, step by step

valusefulu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Samoan valu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Samoanvalueight
2Proto-Polynesianwalueight
3Proto-Oceanicwalueight
4Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianwalueight
5Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianwalueight
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwalueight
7Proto-Austronesianwalueight

via Samoan sefulu

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