Where does “lima” come from?

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

lima (Tetum): five

Definitions

  1. five

Ancestry of “lima”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianlima—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlimafive; hand
3Proto-Austronesianlimafive; hand
Every word from Proto-Austronesian lima →