Where does “fola” come from?

fola (Samoan) comes from Proto-Polynesian *fola, from Proto-Oceanic *polas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəlaj — spread out to dry in the sun.

fola (Samoan): to spread, to strew

Definitions

  1. to spread, to strew

Ancestry of “fola”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesian*folaspread out
2Proto-Oceanic*polasspread out to dry in the sun
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*bəlajspread out to dry in the sun
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəlaj →Every word from Proto-Oceanic *polas →Every word from Proto-Polynesian *fola →