English
kutu
Kutu comes from Māori kutu ‘louse (insect)’, and goes back to Proto-Austronesian *kuCux.
- Proto-Austronesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*kuCuxreconstructed
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*kutu‘louse (insect)’reconstructed
- Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)same formreconstructed
- Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)same formreconstructed
- Proto-Oceanicprehistoric (reconstructed)same formreconstructed
- Proto-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)same form‘louse’reconstructed
- Māorimodernkutu‘louse (insect)’
- Englishearliest quotation 2014same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Austronesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*kuCuxreconstructed
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*kutu‘louse (insect)’reconstructed
- Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)same formreconstructed
- Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)same formreconstructed
- Proto-Oceanicprehistoric (reconstructed)same formreconstructed
- Proto-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)same form‘louse’reconstructed
- Māorimodernkutu‘louse (insect)’
- Englishearliest quotation 2014same form
Earliest quotation: 2014, Witi Ihimaera: “'Yes,' Kuikui continued, 'all the cow shit from the…”
Every English word from Proto-Austronesian *kuCux
Today it means
noun A body louse.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Austronesian *kuCux / kutu