Where does “pitu” come from?

pitu (Tausug) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pitu, from Proto-Austronesian pitu, from Proto-Austroasiatic *pitu.

pitu (Tausug): seven

Definitions

  1. seven

Ancestry of “pitu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpituseven
2Proto-Austronesianpituseven
3Proto-Austroasiatic*pitu—
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *pitu →Every word from Proto-Austronesian pitu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pitu →