Where does “pae” come from?

pae (Rapa Nui) comes from Tahitian pae, from Proto-Polynesian *pae.

pae (Rapa Nui): five

Definitions

  1. five

Ancestry of “pae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tahitianpaefive
2Proto-Polynesian*pae—
Every word from Proto-Polynesian *pae →Every word from Tahitian pae →
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