Where does “fakailoga” come from?

fakailoga (Tokelauan) comes from Proto-Polynesian faka-.

fakailoga (Tokelauan): sign, mark

Definitions

  1. sign, mark

Ancestry of “fakailoga”, step by step

fakailoga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Polynesian faka-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesianfaka-

via Tokelauan iloga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tokelauanilogato be distinct
Every word from Proto-Polynesian faka-