Where does “ahi” come from?

ahi (Pohnpeian) comes from Proto-Oceanic api, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian api, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian Sapuy — fire.

ahi (Pohnpeian): fire; my, mine, first person singular possessive...

Definitions

  1. fire; my, mine, first person singular possessive...

Ancestry of “ahi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanicapifire
2Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianapifire
3Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*apuyfire oxidation reaction
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhapuyfire
5Proto-AustronesianSapuyfire
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Sapuy →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hapuy →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apuy →