Where does “Nihoa” come from?

Nihoa (English) comes from Hawaiian Nīhoa, from Hawaiian niho, from Proto-Polynesian nifo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian nipən, from Proto-Austronesian nipən — tooth.

Nihoa (English): The tallest of ten islands and atolls in the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Definitions

  1. The tallest of ten islands and atolls in the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Ancestry of “Nihoa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HawaiianNīhoatoothed, serrated
2Hawaiiannihotooth; beak; claw
3Proto-Polynesiannifotooth
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiannipəntooth
5Proto-Austronesiannipəntooth
Every word from Proto-Austronesian nipən →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian nipən →Every word from Proto-Polynesian nifo →