Where does “omao” come from?

omao (English) comes from Hawaiian ʻōmaʻo, from Hawaiian maʻo, from Proto-Polynesian *mako, from Proto-Oceanic *maʀako.

omao (English): Myadestes obscurus, the Hawaiian thrush

Definitions

  1. Myadestes obscurus, the Hawaiian thrush

Ancestry of “omao”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HawaiianʻōmaʻoHawaiian thrush
2Hawaiianmaʻogreen
3Proto-Polynesian*mako—
4Proto-Oceanic*maʀako—
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *maʀako →Every word from Proto-Polynesian *mako →Every word from Hawaiian maʻo →