Where does “tae” come from?
tae (Samoan) comes from Polynesian *taqe, from Proto-Oceanic taqe, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taqi, from Proto-Austronesian Caqi.
tae (Samoan): excrement
Ancestry of “tae”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Polynesian | *taqe | — |
| 2 | Proto-Oceanic | taqe | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | taqi | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | Caqi | — |