Where does “ꞌau” come from?

ꞌau (Rapa Nui) comes from Proto-Polynesian *qahu.

ꞌau (Rapa Nui): smoke

Definitions

  1. smoke

Ancestry of “ꞌau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesian*qahu
Every word from Proto-Polynesian *qahu