Linguistic Archaeology: The spread of the coconut

 Coconut in almost every language

1. Coconut
2. klapper
3. kokosit
4. kokonati
5. juzat alhind
6. kokosi
7. *L (assamese)
8. Coco
9. kokos
10. coco ye
11. kokoa
12. kakos
13. Nārakēla
14. *YL*M*L* (bhojpuri)
15. kokosov orekh
16. lubi
17. Yēzi
18. coccu
19. kokosový ořech
20. kokosnød
21. kaashi
22. *L* (dogri)
23. kokosnoot
24. kokoso (esperanto)
25. Kookospähkel
26. koklozi
27. niyog
28. kookos
29. noix de coco
30. kokosnút
31. kokosi
32. Kokosnuss
33. Karýda
34. Coco rehegua
35. Nāḷiyēra
36. Kokoye
37. Kwakwa
38. niu
39. K*K*S (hebrew)
40. naariyal
41. Txiv maj phaub
42. Kókuszdió
43. Kókoshneta
44. Akụ oyibo
45. Niog
46. Kelapa
47. Cnó cócó
48. Noce di cocco
49. Kokonattsu
50. klapa
51. Teṅgina kāyi
52. daung
53. Kakao
54. kokosnoot
55. kokoneos
56. Kokona
57. Gûzê kakawo (kurmanji kurdish)
58. C*G*E*N* (sorani kurdish)
59. makphav
60. Cocoes (latin)
61. Kokosrieksts
62. Kokoti
63. Kokoso
64. Muwogo
65. Kokosnoss
66. *L (maithili)
67. Voanio
68. kelapa
69. nāḷikēraṁ
70. Ġewż tal-Indi
71. Nāraḷa
72. *N (manipuri)
73. aonesee
74. Narivala
75. Kokosnøtt
76. Kookoo
77. K*PRH (pashto)
78. NARGYL (persian)
79. Kokosowy
80. Nārī'ala
81. Nucă de cocos
82. popo
83. Kokonate
84. Khókhónate
85. NARYL (sindhi)
86. pol
87. Qumbaha
88. Kalapa
89. Nazi
90. Norçil
91. Tēṅkāy
92. Кокос
93. Kobbari
94. Maphr̂āw
95. *T (tigrinya)
96. Khokhonati
97. Hindistan cevizi
98. Akutu
99. NARYL (urdu)
100. *Q (uyghur)
101. Dừa
102. Cnau coco
103. Ikhokhonathi
104. kokosnus
105. Agbon
106. Ukhukhunathi

Popularity of Use
A      %     E     %      I      %     O      %       U        %
53 50%    29 27%   34 32%  61 58%      22 20%

B      %     C     %      D      %     F      %       G        %
6    5%     16 15%    9    8%     0    0%      10    9%

H      %     J     %      K      %     L      %       M        %
15 14%    2   1%      56 53%   24 22%     8      7%

N      %     P     %      Q      %     R      %       S        %
50 47%    12 11%   2     1%     19 18%     31 29%

T      %     V     %      W      %     X      %       Y        %
22 20%    6   5%      6    5%      2    1%      14 13%

Z      %
8   7%



Popularity of use
58% O:
53% K, O:
50% A, K, O: Kakao, kokoa,
48% N, A, K, O:
33% I, N, A, K, O: Kokona, *N (manipuri), Kookoo,
29% S, I, N, A, K, O: Kokoso, Kokosnoss, kakos, kokosnød, kokoso (esperanto), kookos, kokosi, K*K*S (hebrew),  kokosi, kokos,
27% E, S, I, N, A, K, O: kokoneos, aonesee,
22% L, E, S, I, N, A, K, O: *L (maithili), *L* (dogri), *L (assamese),
20% U, T, L, E, S, I, N, A, K, O: Akutu, kokosnus, Kokosnuss, niu, Kokonattsu, kokosnút, lubi, Kokonate, *T (tigrinya), Kokosnøtt, kokonati, kokosnoot, Kokoti, kokosit, kokosnoot,
18% R, U, T, L, E, S, I, N, A, K, O: Kokosrieksts, Nāraḷa, Nārī'ala, Nārakēla,
15% C, R, U, T, L, E, S, I, N, A, K, O: Norçil, Кокос, Cnau coco, Cocoes (latin), Coco, Cnó cócó, coccu, Coconut,
14% H, C, R, U, T, L, E, S, I, N, A, K, O: Ikhokhonathi, Ukhukhunathi, Khokhonati, Khókhónate, kaashi, Kókoshneta,
13% Y, H, C, R, U, T, L, E, S, I, N, A, K, O: Tēṅkāy, NARYL (urdu), NARYL (sindhi), Karýda, Nāḷiyēra, Kokoye, naariyal, *YL*M*L* (bhojpuri), coco ye,
11% P, Y, H, C, R, U, T, L, E, S, I, N, A, K, O: K*PRH (pashto), popo, klapa, kelapa, pol, Kalapa, Kookospähkel, Kelapa, klapper,
9% G, P, Y, H, C, R, U, T, L, E, S, I, N, A, K, O: C*G*E*N* (sorani kurdish), NARGYL (persian), Teṅgina kāyi, Coco rehegua, Niog, niyog,
8% D, G, P, Y, H, C, R, U, T, L, E, S, I, N, A, K, O: Nucă de cocos, Dừa, daung, Noce di cocco,
7% Z, M, D, G, P, Y, H, C, R, U, T, L, E, S, I, N, A, K, O: nāḷikēraṁ, Nazi, Kókuszdió,, Yēzi, koklozi
5% W, V, B, Z, M, D, G, P, Y, H, C, R, U, T, L, E, S, I, N, A, K, O: Hindistan cevizi, Agbon, Kobbari, Maphr̂āw, Narivala, Kokosowy, Ġewż tal-Indi, Muwogo, Voanio, Gûzê kakawo (kurmanji kurdish), makphav, Kwakwa, Akụ oyibo, kokosov orekh, kokosový ořech,
1% X, Q, J, W, V, B, Z, M, D, G, P, Y, H, C, R, U, T, L, E, S, I, N, A, K, O: Qumbaha, *Q (uyghur), noix de coco, Txiv maj phaub, juzat alhind,
0% F,

Conclusion: originating in the O linguistic group,

O group                                Sex         %         Dev. Chain              Bandgap
Luo                                         M         89%       (O; I; N; A)
Italian                                     M         88%      (O; I; A; R, E)
Zapotec Pantheon                            87%     (O; C; I; A; N, E)
Benin                                      M        82%      (O; A; E; S; R)
Benin                                       F         82%      (O; E; S; I; A, N)           B, G
Sesotho                                  M        80%      (O; L, A; E; T)
Portugese                              M        78%      (O; A; I; R; E; L)
Basque                                   M        75%      (O; A; N; R)
Spanish                                  M        74%      (O; A, I; E; N)
Sumerian (U=O)                                72%     (U; A; S, I; M)
The Shogi Game                              66%     (O; I, K, A)
• Coconut                                58%     (O; K; A; N; I; S)
Planets of Asimov's Foundation   54%     (O; E, R, N)

The earliest ard at 50% with Kakao (kinyarwanda), and kokoa (basque) followed by a bandgap at 48% before recovery at 33%. Peaking at 20%, declining down through 7% before again peaking at 5%. Then declining through 1%.