Where does “limaaq” come from?

limaaq (Semai) comes from Malay lima, from Proto-Malayic lima(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lima, from Proto-Austronesian lima — five; hand.

limaaq (Semai): five

Definitions

  1. five

Ancestry of “limaaq”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaylimafive
2Proto-Malayiclima(ʔ)five
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlimafive; hand
4Proto-Austronesianlimafive; hand
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