Where does “bai” come from?

bai (Rennellese) comes from Proto-Polynesian wai, from Proto-Oceanic waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wahiʀ — water.

bai (Rennellese): water

Definitions

  1. water

Ancestry of “bai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesianwaiwater
2Proto-Oceanicwaiʀwater
3Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianwaiʀwater
4Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianwaiʀwater
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwahiʀwater
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wahiʀ →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian waiʀ →Every word from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian waiʀ →
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