Where does “mahaki” come from?

mahaki (Tongan) comes from Proto-Polynesian masaki, from Proto-Oceanic masakit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ma-sakit, from Proto-Austronesian *sakit.

mahaki (Tongan): sickness

Definitions

  1. sickness

Ancestry of “mahaki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesianmasakisick, painful
2Proto-Oceanicmasakitsick, painful
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianma-sakit—
4Proto-Austronesian*sakit—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *sakit →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ma-sakit →Every word from Proto-Oceanic masakit →