Where does “pait” come from?

pait (Yami) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian paqit, from Proto-Austronesian paqiC.

pait (Yami): salty

Definitions

  1. salty

Ancestry of “pait”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpaqitbitterness
2Proto-AustronesianpaqiC—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian paqiC →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian paqit →