Etymograph

English

limu

Limu comes from Hawaiian limu ‘moss’, and goes back to Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limut.

  1. Proto-Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*limutreconstructed
  2. Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)same formreconstructed
  3. Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)same formreconstructed
  4. Proto-Oceanicprehistoric (reconstructed)same formreconstructed
  5. Proto-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*rimureconstructed
  6. Proto-Nuclear Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)same formreconstructed
  7. Proto-Eastern Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)same formreconstructed
  8. Hawaiianmodernlimu‘moss’
  9. Englishearliest quotation 2012same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*limutreconstructed
  2. Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)same formreconstructed
  3. Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)same formreconstructed
  4. Proto-Oceanicprehistoric (reconstructed)same formreconstructed
  5. Proto-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*rimureconstructed
  6. Proto-Nuclear Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)same formreconstructed
  7. Proto-Eastern Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)same formreconstructed
  8. Hawaiianmodernlimu‘moss’
  9. Englishearliest quotation 2012same form

Earliest quotation: 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom: “The menu included chicken, roast pig, raw fish, seaweed,…”

Every English word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limut

Today it means

noun Any of various kinds of edible algae, which form an important part of the traditional Hawaiian diet.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limut / limu

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