Where does “haha” come from?

haha (English) comes from Hawaiian hāhā, from Hawaiian hā, from Proto-Polynesian fa, from Proto-Oceanic pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat, from Proto-Austronesian Səpat — four.

haha (English): An onomatopoeic representation of laughter; Type...

Definitions

  1. An onomatopoeic representation of laughter; Type...

Ancestry of “haha”, step by step

haha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian hāhā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HawaiianhāhāAny Gunnera species
2Hawaiianhāfour; fourth; breath, life
3Proto-Polynesianfafour
4Proto-Oceanicpatfour
5Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianpatfour
6Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianpat—
7Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəpatfour
8Proto-AustronesianSəpatfour

via French haha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchhahaha-ha
2Englishha-haAn approximation of the sound of laughter; A...

Words derived from “haha”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian Səpat →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian pat →
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