Where does “mahalo” come from?

mahalo (English) comes from Hawaiian mahalo, from Proto-Eastern Polynesian masalo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian sadəp.

mahalo (English): thank you

Definitions

  1. thank you

Ancestry of “mahalo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianmahalothank you; thanks, gratitude; admiration, praise,...
2Proto-Eastern Polynesianmasalo—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiansadəp—

Words derived from “mahalo”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian sadəp →Every word from Proto-Eastern Polynesian masalo →Every word from Hawaiian mahalo →