Where does “kofutino” come from?

kofutino (Tokelauan) comes from Tokelauan tino, from Proto-Polynesian *tino.

kofutino (Tokelauan): shirt

Definitions

  1. shirt

Ancestry of “kofutino”, step by step

kofutino traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tokelauan tino

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tokelauantinobody
2Proto-Polynesian*tino

via Tokelauan kofu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tokelauankofudress
Every word from Proto-Polynesian *tinoEvery word from Tokelauan tino
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