Words that come from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian “Sawaiki”

27 words across 16 languages descend from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian Sawaiki — including Hawaii, Hawaiian, Owyhee, Hawaiki, Savai'i, hawaiite, owyheeite, Hawaiʻi.

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English (7)

Irish (3)

Hawaiian (2)

Esperanto (2)

Spanish (2)

Danish (1)

Japanese (1)

Icelandic (1)

Greek (1)

Marshallese (1)

Faroese (1)

Maori (1)

Samoan (1)

Italian (1)

Navajo (1)

Portuguese (1)

Words from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian Sawaiki — 27 descendants | Etymology Explorer