Where does “fata” come from?

fata (Proto-Polynesian) comes from Proto-Oceanic pataʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pataʀ — shelf; bedframe.

fata (Proto-Polynesian): shelf; bedframe

Definitions

  1. shelf; bedframe

Ancestry of “fata”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanicpataʀplatform, including a bedframe of planks
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpataʀshelf; bedframe

Words derived from “fata”

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