Where does “miki” come from?

miki (Hawaiian) comes from Proto-Polynesian *miti, from Proto-Oceanic *miti.

miki (Hawaiian): to suck in

Definitions

  1. to suck in

Ancestry of “miki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesian*miti—
2Proto-Oceanic*miti—

Words derived from “miki”

Every word from Proto-Oceanic *miti →Every word from Proto-Polynesian *miti →
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