English
Proto-Austronesian
From proto- + Austronesian.
Formed from proto- + Austronesian
Proto-Indo-European *pér ‘through’
Proto-Indo-European *pró ‘forwards, before’
Proto-Hellenic *pró
Ancient Greek πρό ‘before’
Ancient Greek πρῶτος ‘first’
English proto-
German Austronesisch
English Austronesian
Today it means
name A proposed common ancestor to the group of Austronesian languages comprising Malayo-Polynesian and Formosan languages.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Austronesian