Where does “abei” come from?

abei (Central Melanau) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀabiqi, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀabiqi — evening.

abei (Central Melanau): evening

Definitions

  1. evening

Ancestry of “abei”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ʀabiqievening
2Proto-Austronesian*ʀabiqievening
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *ʀabiqi →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀabiqi →