Where does “tabu” come from?

tabu (Slovak) comes from Proto-Polynesian tapu, from Proto-Oceanic tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian tambu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian tambu.

tabu (Slovak): taboo

Definitions

  1. taboo

Ancestry of “tabu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesiantaputaboo
2Proto-Oceanictabu—
3Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesiantambu—
4Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesiantambu—
Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian tambu →Every word from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian tambu →Every word from Proto-Oceanic tabu →