Where does “limba” come from?

limba (Tok Pisin) comes from Malay rimba, from Proto-Malayic *rimba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀimba.

limba (Tok Pisin): valley

Definitions

  1. valley

Ancestry of “limba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayrimbajungle, forest
2Proto-Malayic*rimba—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ʀimba—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀimba →Every word from Proto-Malayic *rimba →Every word from Malay rimba →