Where does “pait” come from?

pait (Mansaka) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian paqit, from Proto-Austronesian paqiC.

pait (Mansaka): bitter

Definitions

  1. bitter

Ancestry of “pait”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpaqitbitterness
2Proto-AustronesianpaqiC
Every word from Proto-Austronesian paqiCEvery word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian paqit