Where does “lima-” come from?

lima- (Uneapa) comes from Proto-Oceanic lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lima, from Proto-Austronesian lima — five; hand.

lima- (Uneapa): arm

Definitions

  1. arm

Ancestry of “lima-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceaniclimafive
2Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianlima—
3Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianlima—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlimafive; hand
5Proto-Austronesianlimafive; hand
Every word from Proto-Austronesian lima →