Where does “toʻi” come from?
toʻi (Samoan) comes from Proto-Polynesian *toki, from Proto-Oceanic *totok, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təktək, from Proto-Austronesian *təktək.
toʻi (Samoan): axe
Ancestry of “toʻi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Polynesian | *toki | — |
| 2 | Proto-Oceanic | *totok | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *təktək | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | *təktək | — |
Words derived from “toʻi”