Where does “Haumea” come from?

Haumea (Cebuano) comes from English Haumea, from Hawaiian Haumea, from Hawaiian mea, from Proto-Polynesian mea, from Proto-Oceanic meʀaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)iʀaq — red.

Haumea (Cebuano): the goddess of fertility and childbirth

Definitions

  1. the goddess of fertility and childbirth

Ancestry of “Haumea”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishHaumeaThe goddess of fertility and childbirth
2HawaiianHaumeaHaumea
3Hawaiianmeathing, object; person; Reddish, as water full of...
4Proto-Polynesianmea—
5Proto-Oceanicmeʀaqred having red as its colour
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)iʀaqred
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)iʀaq →Every word from Proto-Oceanic meʀaq →Every word from Proto-Polynesian mea →
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