Where does “siapo” come from?
siapo (Samoan) comes from Proto-Polynesian tapa, from Proto-Polynesian *tafa.
siapo (Samoan): tapa
Ancestry of “siapo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Polynesian | tapa | edge; boundary; tapa |
| 2 | Proto-Polynesian | *tafa | — |