←
Proto-Austronesian *qaCay (inherited)
←
Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay (derived)
←
Proto-Oceanic *qate (inherited)
←
Proto-Polynesian *qate (inherited)
←
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay (inherited)
←
Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay (inherited)
→
Rapa Nui 'ate (cognate)