Where does “a te” come from?

a te (Tokelauan) comes from Tokelauan tē, from Proto-Polynesian *te.

a te (Tokelauan): Personal article, used after the prepositions

Definitions

  1. Personal article, used after the prepositions

Ancestry of “a te”, step by step

a te traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tokelauan tē

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tokelauantēthis, that
2Proto-Polynesian*te—

via Tokelauan a

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tokelauana—
Every word from Proto-Polynesian *te →Every word from Tokelauan tē →