Where does “*afiafi” come from?
*afiafi (Proto-Polynesian) comes from Proto-Oceanic *ʀapi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀabiqi, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀabiqi.
Ancestry of “*afiafi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Oceanic | *ʀapi | — |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *ʀabiqi | — |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | *ʀabiqi | — |