Where does “ata” come from?

ata (Mussau-Emira) comes from Proto-Oceanic pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat, from Proto-Austronesian Səpat — four.

ata (Mussau-Emira): four

Definitions

  1. four

Ancestry of “ata”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanicpatfour
2Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianpatfour
3Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianpat—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəpatfour
5Proto-AustronesianSəpatfour
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Səpat →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian pat →