Where does “māngiki” come from?

māngiki (Rarotongan) comes from English monkey, from German Moneke.

māngiki (Rarotongan): monkey

Definitions

  1. monkey

Ancestry of “māngiki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmonkeyAny member of the clade Simiiformes not also of...
2GermanMoneke—
Every word from German Moneke →Every word from English monkey →