Etymology

vatu

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Today it means: The national currency of Vanuatu. Full definition →

Bislama vat ← Raga vat ← Proto-Oceanic *patu
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The story

  1. Proto-Austronesian*batux
  2. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*batu
  3. Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*batu
  4. Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*batu
  5. Proto-Oceanic*patu
  6. Ragavat
  7. Bislamavat
  8. English todayvatu

Borrowed from Bislama vatu (“stone”), borrowed from Raga vatu (“stone”), from Proto-Oceanic *patu (“stone”).

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