Where does “Mauna Kea” come from?
Mauna Kea (English) comes from Hawaiian Mauna Kea, from Hawaiian mauna, from Tagalog ma-, from Icelandic landi, from Icelandic land, from Old Norse land, from Proto-Germanic landą, from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- — land, heath; loins.
Ancestry of “Mauna Kea”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hawaiian | Mauna Kea | White Mountain |
| 2 | Hawaiian | mauna | mountain |
| 3 | Tagalog | ma- | Used to form adjectives indicating a quality;... |
| 4 | Icelandic | landi | the people, general population; a fellow... |
| 5 | Icelandic | land | land, earth, ground; country; countryside,... |
| 6 | Old Norse | land | land |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | landą | land, area of ground |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | lendʰ- | land, heath; loins |