English
Savai'i
Savai'i comes from Samoan Savai'i, and goes back to Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *Sawaiki.
- Proto-Nuclear Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*Sawaikireconstructed
- SamoanmodernSavai'i
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Nuclear Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*Sawaikireconstructed
- SamoanmodernSavai'i
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *Sawaiki
Today it means
name The largest island in Samoa.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *Sawaiki / Savai'i