Where does “*qauahi” come from?

*qauahi (Proto-Nuclear Polynesian) comes from Proto-Polynesian afi, 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.

Ancestry of “*qauahi”, step by step

*qauahi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Polynesian afi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesianafifire
2Proto-Oceanicapifire
3Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianapifire
4Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*apuyfire oxidation reaction
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhapuyfire
6Proto-AustronesianSapuyfire

via Proto-Polynesian *qahu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesian*qahu—
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