Where does “aka” come from?

aka (Polish) comes from English aka, from Maori aka, from Proto-Eastern Polynesian aka, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian aka, from Proto-Polynesian aka, from Proto-Oceanic (w)akaʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian (w)akaʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian (w)akaʀ — root.

aka (Polish): AKA, alias

Definitions

  1. AKA, alias

Ancestry of “aka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishakaAlternative letter-case form of AKA
2Maoriakaroot
3Proto-Eastern Polynesianakaroot
4Proto-Nuclear Polynesianakaroot
5Proto-Polynesianakaroot
6Proto-Oceanic(w)akaʀroot
7Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian(w)akaʀroot
8Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian(w)akaʀroot
9Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*wakaʀroot
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wakaʀEvery word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian (w)akaʀEvery word from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian (w)akaʀ