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
- fire; my, mine, first person singular possessive...
Ancestry of “ahi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Oceanic | api | fire |
| 2 | Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | api | fire |
| 3 | Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | *apuy | — |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | hapuy | fire |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | Sapuy | fire |