Where does “tiromo” come from?

tiromo (Uneapa) comes from Proto-Oceanic *tiʀom, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tiʀəm — oyster.

tiromo (Uneapa): oyster

Definitions

  1. oyster

Ancestry of “tiromo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanic*tiʀomoyster mollusk
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantiʀəmoyster
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tiʀəm →Every word from Proto-Oceanic *tiʀom →
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