Where does “aupah” come from?

aupah (Pohnpeian) comes from Pohnpeian pah, 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.

aupah (Pohnpeian): jaw of an animal

Definitions

  1. jaw of an animal

Ancestry of “aupah”, step by step

aupah traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Pohnpeian pah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Pohnpeianpahfour
2Proto-Oceanicpatfour
3Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianpatfour
4Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianpat—
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəpatfour
6Proto-AustronesianSəpatfour

via Pohnpeian ahu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Pohnpeianahumouth
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Səpat →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian pat →