Where does “taitafola” come from?

taitafola (Samoan) comes from Wauja -tai, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

taitafola (Samoan): lagoon

Definitions

  1. lagoon

Ancestry of “taitafola”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Wauja-taimerely, only, nothing but
2Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →Every word from Wauja -tai →