Where does “epa” come from?

epa (Sabu) comes from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat, from Proto-Austronesian Səpat — four.

epa (Sabu): four

Definitions

  1. four

Ancestry of “epa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianəpatfour
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəpatfour
3Proto-AustronesianSəpatfour
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Səpat →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian əpat →