Where does “aka” come from?

aka (English) comes from Maori aka, from Proto-Eastern Polynesian aka, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian aka, from Proto-Polynesian aka, from Proto-Oceanic (w)akaʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian (w)akaʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian (w)akaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wakaʀ — root.

aka (English): Alternative letter-case form of AKA

Definitions

  1. Alternative letter-case form of AKA

Ancestry of “aka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maoriakaroot
2Proto-Eastern Polynesianakaroot
3Proto-Nuclear Polynesianakaroot
4Proto-Polynesianakaroot
5Proto-Oceanic(w)akaʀroot
6Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian(w)akaʀroot
7Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian(w)akaʀroot
8Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*wakaʀroot

Words derived from “aka”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wakaʀ →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian (w)akaʀ →Every word from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian (w)akaʀ →