Where does “Waikanae” come from?

Waikanae (English) comes from Maori Waikanae, from Maori wai, from Proto-Eastern Polynesian wai, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian wai, from Proto-Polynesian wai, from Proto-Oceanic waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian waiʀ — water.

Waikanae (English): that passes the town on its way to the Tasman Sea

Definitions

  1. that passes the town on its way to the Tasman Sea

Ancestry of “Waikanae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MaoriWaikanae
2Maoriwaiwater; liquid; who?
3Proto-Eastern Polynesianwaiwater
4Proto-Nuclear Polynesianwaiwater
5Proto-Polynesianwaiwater
6Proto-Oceanicwaiʀwater
7Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianwaiʀwater
8Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianwaiʀwater
9Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwahiʀwater
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wahiʀEvery word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian waiʀEvery word from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian waiʀ
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