Where does “vata” come from?

vata (Fijian) comes from Proto-Oceanic pataʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pataʀ — shelf; bedframe.

vata (Fijian): shelf

Definitions

  1. shelf

Ancestry of “vata”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanicpataʀplatform, including a bedframe of planks
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpataʀshelf; bedframe
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pataʀ →Every word from Proto-Oceanic pataʀ →