Where does “tai” come from?

tai (Fijian) comes from Proto-Oceanic tasik, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian tasik, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian tasik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tasik — sea; saltwater.

tai (Fijian): coast; sea-shore

Definitions

  1. coast; sea-shore

Ancestry of “tai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanictasiksea; saltwater
2Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesiantasik—
3Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesiantasik—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantasiksea; saltwater
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tasik →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian tasik →Every word from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian tasik →