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

Definitions

  1. excrement

Ancestry of “tae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polynesian*taqe—
2Proto-Oceanictaqe—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantaqiexcrement, feces
4Proto-AustronesianCaqi—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Caqi →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taqi →Every word from Proto-Oceanic taqe →