Where does “ʻau” come from?

ʻau (Tahitian) comes from Proto-Polynesian kau, from Proto-Oceanic kayu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian kayu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian kayu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian kaSiw — wood; tree.

ʻau (Tahitian): swim

Definitions

  1. swim

Ancestry of “ʻau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesiankauwood; tree
2Proto-Oceanickayuwood; tree
3Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesiankayu—
4Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesiankayu—
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankahiwwood; tree
6Proto-AustronesiankaSiwwood; tree
Every word from Proto-Austronesian kaSiw →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kahiw →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian kayu →
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