Where does “*wii” come from?

*wii (Proto-Polynesian) comes from Proto-Oceanic *quʀis, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *quʀis.

Ancestry of “*wii”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanic*quʀis—
2Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*quʀis—

Words derived from “*wii”

Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *quʀis →Every word from Proto-Oceanic *quʀis →