Where does “Moho” come from?

Moho (English) comes from Hawaiian ʻōʻō, from Proto-Polynesian *koho, from Proto-Oceanic *kojom.

Moho (English): The North Island takahē, an extinct rail of New Zealand

Definitions

  1. The North Island takahē, an extinct rail of New Zealand

Ancestry of “Moho”, step by step

Moho traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian ʻōʻō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻōʻōoo, the extinct members of the Moho genus of honeyeaters
2Proto-Polynesian*koho—
3Proto-Oceanic*kojom—

via Maori moho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maorimoho—
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *kojom →Every word from Proto-Polynesian *koho →Every word from Hawaiian ʻōʻō →