Where does “manuku” come from?

manuku (Uneapa) comes from Proto-Oceanic manuk, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian manuk, from Proto-Austronesian manuk — bird; chicken.

manuku (Uneapa): bird

Definitions

  1. bird

Ancestry of “manuku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanicmanukbird, flying animal
2Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*manuk—
3Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*manuk—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianmanukbird
5Proto-Austronesianmanukbird; chicken
Every word from Proto-Austronesian manuk →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian manuk →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *manuk →