Where does “mai” come from?

mai (Proto-Oceanic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(um-)aʀi, from Proto-Austronesian *(um-)aʀi.

Ancestry of “mai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*(um-)aʀito come to move from further away to nearer to
2Proto-Austronesian*(um-)aʀi—

Words derived from “mai”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *(um-)aʀi →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(um-)aʀi →
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