Where does “api” come from?
api (Proto-Oceanic) comes from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian api, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian Sapuy — fire.
api (Proto-Oceanic): fire
Ancestry of “api”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | api | fire |
| 2 | Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | *apuy | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | hapuy | fire |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | Sapuy | fire |