Where does “aha” come from?
aha (Tahitian) comes from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian afa, from Proto-Oceanic apa, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian apa, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian apa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian apa — what.
aha (Tahitian): what
Ancestry of “aha”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Nuclear Polynesian | afa | what |
| 2 | Proto-Oceanic | apa | what |
| 3 | Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | apa | what |
| 4 | Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | apa | — |
| 5 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | apa | what |