Where does “WikiWikiWeb” come from?

WikiWikiWeb (English) comes from Hawaiian wikiwiki, from Hawaiian wiki, from Proto-Polynesian witi.

Ancestry of “WikiWikiWeb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianwikiwikispeedy
2Hawaiianwikihasten, speed up; be swift, speedy, quick
3Proto-Polynesianwiti—

Words derived from “WikiWikiWeb”

Every word from Proto-Polynesian witi →Every word from Hawaiian wiki →Every word from Hawaiian wikiwiki →