Maori ate

← Proto-Austronesian *qaCay (inherited)

← Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay (inherited)

← Proto-Oceanic *qate (inherited)

← Proto-Polynesian *qate (inherited)

← Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay (inherited)

← Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay (inherited)

→ Maori atekōkiri (compound)

→ Rapa Nui 'ate (cognate)