Where does “Hawaii” come from?
Hawaii comes from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi, from Proto-Polynesian Sawaiki, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian Sawaiki, with the original meaning now obscure.
Ancestry of “Hawaii”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hawaiian | Hawaiʻi | Hawaiian |
| 2 | Proto-Nuclear Polynesian | Sawaiki | traditional homeland |
Words derived from “Hawaii”