Where does “kofuvae” come from?

kofuvae (Tokelauan) comes from Tokelauan vae, from Proto-Polynesian wahe, from Austronesian *bahi.

kofuvae (Tokelauan): trousers

Definitions

  1. trousers

Ancestry of “kofuvae”, step by step

kofuvae traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tokelauan vae

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tokelauanvaeleg, foot
2Proto-Polynesianwahe—
3Austronesian*bahi—

via Tokelauan kofu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tokelauankofudress
Every word from Austronesian *bahi →Every word from Proto-Polynesian wahe →Every word from Tokelauan vae →