Where does “Ruanoho” come from?

Ruanoho (Translingual) comes from Maori rua, from Proto-Eastern Polynesian rua, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian rua, from Proto-Polynesian rua, from Proto-Oceanic rua, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian duha, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian duha, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duha — two.

Ruanoho (Translingual): genus

Definitions

  1. genus

Ancestry of “Ruanoho”, step by step

Ruanoho traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Maori rua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maoriruatwo; pit; cavity
2Proto-Eastern Polynesianrua—
3Proto-Nuclear Polynesianrua—
4Proto-Polynesianruatwo
5Proto-Oceanicruatwo
6Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianduha—
7Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianduha—
8Proto-Malayo-Polynesianduhatwo
9Proto-Austronesian*duha—
10Proto-AustronesianduSatwo

via Maori noho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maorinohoto sit; to reside, dwell; to reign
2Proto-Polynesian*nofo—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian duSa →