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