Where does “Api” come from?

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

Api (Malay): fire oxidation reaction

Definitions

  1. fire oxidation reaction

Ancestry of “Api”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicapifire
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhapuyfire
3Proto-AustronesianSapuyfire

Words derived from “Api”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian Sapuy →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hapuy →Every word from Proto-Malayic api →