Where does “aʻa” come from?

aʻa (Tahitian) comes from Proto-Eastern Polynesian aka, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian aka, from Proto-Polynesian aka, from Proto-Oceanic (w)akaʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian (w)akaʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian (w)akaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wakaʀ — root.

aʻa (Tahitian): root of plant

Definitions

  1. root of plant

Ancestry of “aʻa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Eastern Polynesianakaroot
2Proto-Nuclear Polynesianakaroot
3Proto-Polynesianakaroot
4Proto-Oceanic(w)akaʀroot
5Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian(w)akaʀroot
6Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian(w)akaʀroot
7Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*wakaʀroot
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wakaʀ →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian (w)akaʀ →Every word from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian (w)akaʀ →