Where does “pat” come from?

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

pat (Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian): four

Definitions

  1. four

Ancestry of “pat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianpat—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəpatfour
3Proto-AustronesianSəpatfour

Words derived from “pat”

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