Where does “api” come from?

api (Kapampangan) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian Sapuy — fire.

api (Kapampangan): fire

Definitions

  1. fire

Ancestry of “api”, step by step

api traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hapuy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhapuyfire
2Proto-AustronesianSapuyfire

via Proto-Austronesian qapuʀ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesianqapuʀlime, calcium
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Sapuy →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hapuy →
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