Where does “fale ta'ele” come from?

fale ta'ele (Samoan) comes from Samoan fale, from Proto-Polynesian fale, from Proto-Oceanic pale, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian balay, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian balay, from Proto-Austronesian balay — house; hall.

fale ta'ele (Samoan): bathroom

Definitions

  1. bathroom

Ancestry of “fale ta'ele”, step by step

fale ta'ele traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Samoan fale

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Samoanfalehouse
2Proto-Polynesianfalehouse
3Proto-Oceanicpalehouse adobe
4Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianbalay
5Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianbalay
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbalayhouse; hall
7Proto-Austronesianbalayhouse; hall

via Samoan ta'ele

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Samoanta'ele
Every word from Proto-Austronesian balay
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