Where does “toi” come from?
toi (Samoan Plantation Pidgin) comes from Samoan toʻi, from Proto-Polynesian *toki, from Proto-Oceanic *totok, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təktək, from Proto-Austronesian *təktək.
toi (Samoan Plantation Pidgin): axe
Ancestry of “toi”, step by step