Where does “Haumean” come from?

Haumean (English) 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.

Haumean (English): Of or pertaining to the dwarf planet Haumea

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to the dwarf planet Haumea

Ancestry of “Haumean”, 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 →