Where does “lima” come from?

lima (Tausug) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lima, from Proto-Austronesian lima — five; hand.

lima (Tausug): hand

Definitions

  1. hand

Ancestry of “lima”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlimafive; hand
2Proto-Austronesianlimafive; hand
Every word from Proto-Austronesian lima
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