Where does “lao” come from?

lao (Tolai) comes from Proto-Oceanic *laur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lahud, from Proto-Austronesian lahud — downstream.

lao (Tolai): the open sea

Definitions

  1. the open sea

Ancestry of “lao”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanic*laursea
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlahuddownstream
3Proto-Austronesianlahuddownstream
Every word from Proto-Austronesian lahud →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lahud →Every word from Proto-Oceanic *laur →