Where does “atua” come from?
atua (Tuvaluan) comes from Proto-Polynesian qatua, from Proto-Oceanic qatuan, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian qatuan, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian qatuan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qatuan — deity.
atua (Tuvaluan): god; almighty one; Lord
Ancestry of “atua”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Polynesian | qatua | — |
| 2 | Proto-Oceanic | qatuan | — |
| 3 | Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | qatuan | — |
| 4 | Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | qatuan | — |
| 5 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | qatuan | deity |