Where does “api” come from?

api (Balinese) comes from Proto-Malayo-Chamic apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian Sapuy — fire.

api (Balinese): fire

Definitions

  1. fire

Ancestry of “api”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Chamicapuy
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhapuyfire
3Proto-AustronesianSapuyfire
Every word from Proto-Austronesian SapuyEvery word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hapuyEvery word from Proto-Malayo-Chamic apuy