Where does “Api-Api” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Api-Api”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalayApifire oxidation reaction
2Proto-Malayicapifire
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhapuyfire
4Proto-AustronesianSapuyfire

Words derived from “Api-Api”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian Sapuy →