English
Tokelau
Tokelau comes from Tokelauan Tokelau ‘north wind’, and goes back to Proto-Polynesian *tokelau.
- Proto-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*tokelau‘northwesterly’reconstructed
- TokelauanmodernTokelau‘north wind’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*tokelau‘northwesterly’reconstructed
- TokelauanmodernTokelau‘north wind’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Proto-Polynesian *tokelau
Today it means
name Three atolls forming a dependent territory of New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Polynesian *tokelau / Tokelau