Where does “miti” come from?

miti (Tahitian) comes from Proto-Polynesian *miti, from Proto-Oceanic *miti.

miti (Tahitian): sea, ocean; salt

Definitions

  1. sea, ocean; salt

Ancestry of “miti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesian*miti—
2Proto-Oceanic*miti—
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *miti →Every word from Proto-Polynesian *miti →