Where does “mai” come from?

mai (Uneapa) comes from Proto-Oceanic mai, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(um-)aʀi, from Proto-Austronesian *(um-)aʀi.

mai (Uneapa): to come

Definitions

  1. to come

Ancestry of “mai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanicmai—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*(um-)aʀito come to move from further away to nearer to
3Proto-Austronesian*(um-)aʀi—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *(um-)aʀi →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(um-)aʀi →Every word from Proto-Oceanic mai →