Where does “Rā” come from?

Rā (Tahitian) comes from Proto-Polynesian *la, from Proto-Oceanic layaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian layaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian layaʀ — sail.

Rā (Tahitian): sail a piece of fabric attached to a boat

Definitions

  1. sail a piece of fabric attached to a boat

Ancestry of “Rā”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesian*lasail a piece of fabric attached to a boat
2Proto-Oceaniclayaʀsail
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlayaʀsail
4Proto-Austronesianlayaʀsail
Every word from Proto-Austronesian layaʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian layaʀ →Every word from Proto-Oceanic layaʀ →