Where does “api” come from?
api (Indonesian) comes from Malay Api, from Proto-Malayic api, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian Sapuy — fire.
api (Indonesian): fire
Ancestry of “api”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | Api | — |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | api | fire |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | hapuy | fire |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | Sapuy | fire |