Where does “ʻua” come from?

ʻua (South Marquesan) comes from Proto-Eastern Polynesian rua, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian rua, from Proto-Polynesian rua, from Proto-Oceanic rua, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian duha, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian duha, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duha — two.

ʻua (South Marquesan): two

Definitions

  1. two

Ancestry of “ʻua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Eastern Polynesianrua
2Proto-Nuclear Polynesianrua
3Proto-Polynesianruatwo
4Proto-Oceanicruatwo
5Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianduha
6Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianduha
7Proto-Malayo-Polynesianduhatwo
8Proto-Austronesian*duha
9Proto-AustronesianduSatwo
Every word from Proto-Austronesian duSa