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

Definitions

  1. fire

Ancestry of “api”, step by step

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

Words derived from “api”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian Sapuy →