Where does “*raqe-” come from?
*raqe- (Proto-Oceanic) comes from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *daqi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daqih, from Proto-Austronesian daqiS — forehead.
Ancestry of “*raqe-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | *daqi | — |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | daqih | forehead |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | daqiS | forehead |