Where does “Haumea” come from?

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

Haumea (English): The goddess of fertility and childbirth

Definitions

  1. The goddess of fertility and childbirth

Ancestry of “Haumea”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HawaiianHaumeaHaumea
2Hawaiianmeathing, object; person; Reddish, as water full of...
3Proto-Polynesianmea—
4Proto-Oceanicmeʀaqred having red as its colour
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)iʀaqred

Words derived from “Haumea”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)iʀaq →Every word from Proto-Oceanic meʀaq →Every word from Proto-Polynesian mea →