Where does “fonu” come from?

fonu (Tongan) comes from Proto-Polynesian fonu, from Proto-Oceanic ponuq, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ponuq, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pənuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pənuq, from Proto-Austronesian pəNuq — full.

fonu (Tongan): turtle, sea turtle; kind of beetle; full

Definitions

  1. turtle, sea turtle; kind of beetle; full

Ancestry of “fonu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesianfonusea turtle; full
2Proto-Oceanicponuq—
3Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*ponuq—
4Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*pənuq—
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpənuq—
6Proto-AustronesianpəNuqfull
Every word from Proto-Austronesian pəNuq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pənuq →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pənuq →