Where does “hawaià” come from?
hawaià (Catalan) comes from Catalan Hawai, from English Hawaii, from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian Sawaiki — traditional homeland.
hawaià (Catalan): Hawaiian
Ancestry of “hawaià”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Catalan | Hawai | Hawaii |
| 2 | English | Hawaii | — |
| 3 | Hawaiian | Hawaiʻi | Hawaiian |
| 4 | Proto-Nuclear Polynesian | Sawaiki | traditional homeland |