Maori atua

← Gilbertese atua (cognate)

← Hawaiian akua (cognate)

← Malay tuhan (cognate)

← Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan (derived)

← Proto-Oceanic *qatuan (inherited)

← Proto-Polynesian *qatua (inherited)

← Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan (inherited)

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

← Samoan atua (cognate)

← Tuvaluan atua (cognate)

← Tahitian atua (cognate)

→ Gilbertese atua (cognate)

→ Hawaiian akua (cognate)

→ Malay tuhan (cognate)

→ Malay توهن (cognate)

→ Samoan atua (cognate)

→ Tuvaluan atua (cognate)

→ Tahitian atua (cognate)