Where does “aka” come from?
aka (Proto-Eastern Polynesian) comes 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, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wakaʀ.
aka (Proto-Eastern Polynesian): root
Ancestry of “aka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Nuclear Polynesian | aka | root |
| 2 | Proto-Polynesian | aka | root |
| 3 | Proto-Oceanic | (w)akaʀ | root |
| 4 | Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | (w)akaʀ | root |
| 5 | Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | (w)akaʀ | root |
| 6 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *wakaʀ | — |