Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/latoŋ

This Proto-Oceanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Oceanic

Alternative forms

• *salatoŋ, *silatoŋ

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *latəŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *laCəŋ.

Noun

*latoŋ

1. stinging nettle

Descendants

• Admiralty Islands
  • Wuvulu-Aua: lala'o
• Western Oceanic
  • North New Guinea
    • Manam: zalato
  • Meso-Melanesian
    • Roviana: jilatongo
    • Marovo: zilatongo
• Central-Eastern Oceanic
  • Southern Oceanic
    • Merlav: ne-silat
  • Southeast Solomonic
    • Arosi: darao
    • Bauro: tarao
  • Central Pacific
    • Western Fijian: salato
    • Fijian: salato
    • Proto-Polynesian: *salato
      • Tongic
        • Tongan: salato
      • Nuclear Polynesian
        • Samoic–Outlier
          • Ellicean
            • Sikaiana: salato
            • Takuu: sarato
          • Futunic
            • Emae: salato
            • Tikopia: silato
            • Futuna-Aniwa: sirato
          • Samoic
            • Samoan: salato
        • Eastern Polynesian
          • Marquesic
            • Mangarevan: arato
          • Tahitic
            • Tahitian: harato

References

• Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *laCeŋ.