Where does “niu” come from?

niu (Tuvaluan) comes from Proto-Polynesian niu, from Proto-Oceanic niuʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian niuʀ — coconut.

niu (Tuvaluan): coconut

Definitions

  1. coconut

Ancestry of “niu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesianniucoconut
2Proto-Oceanicniuʀcoconut
3Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*niuʀ—
4Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*niuʀ—
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianniuʀcoconut
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian niuʀ →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ →Every word from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ →