Where does “pulo” come from?

pulo (Tagalog) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puluq, from Proto-Austronesian puluq — ten.

pulo (Tagalog): island

Definitions

  1. island

Ancestry of “pulo”, step by step

pulo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puluq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpuluqten
2Proto-Austronesianpuluqten

via Proto-Philippine pujuq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippinepujuq—

Words derived from “pulo”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian puluq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puluq →