Where does “əpat” come from?

əpat (Proto-Philippine) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat, from Proto-Austronesian Səpat — four.

əpat (Proto-Philippine): four

Definitions

  1. four

Ancestry of “əpat”, step by step

əpat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəpatfour
2Proto-AustronesianSəpatfour

via Proto-Oceanic *əpat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanic*əpat—

Words derived from “əpat”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian Səpat →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat →