Where does “tai” come from?

tai (To'abaita) comes from Proto-Oceanic *saqi(t), from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *zaqit, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *zaqit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zaqit — to sew.

tai (To'abaita): to sew

Definitions

  1. to sew

Ancestry of “tai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanic*saqi(t)to sew
2Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*zaqit—
3Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*zaqit—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zaqitto sew
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zaqit →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *zaqit →Every word from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *zaqit →
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