Where does “apoy” come from?

apoy (Dupaningan Agta) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian Sapuy — fire.

apoy (Dupaningan Agta): dead tree; firewood

Definitions

  1. dead tree; firewood

Ancestry of “apoy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhapuyfire
2Proto-AustronesianSapuyfire
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Sapuy →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hapuy →