Where does “hala” come from?

hala (English) comes from Hawaiian hala, from Proto-Polynesian sala, from Proto-Oceanic salaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian salaq — wrong, in error.

hala (English): Pandanus tectorius, a screw pine native to Malesia, eastern Australia and the Pacific Islands

Definitions

  1. Pandanus tectorius, a screw pine native to Malesia, eastern Australia and the Pacific Islands

Ancestry of “hala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianhalasin; error; to sin
2Proto-Polynesiansalaerr; error; crime; sin
3Proto-Oceanicsalaqwrong; in error
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiansalaqwrong, in error
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian salaq →Every word from Proto-Oceanic salaq →Every word from Proto-Polynesian sala →