Where does “oo” come from?

Oo comes from Hawaiian 'ō'ō, a bird species whose name origin and meaning are not documented.

oo (English): The Greek letter omega; Any of four Hawaiian...

Definitions

  1. The Greek letter omega; Any of four Hawaiian...

Ancestry of “oo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻōʻōoo, the extinct members of the Moho genus of honeyeaters
2Proto-Polynesian*koho—
3Proto-Oceanic*kojom—

Words derived from “oo”

Every word from Proto-Oceanic *kojom →Every word from Proto-Polynesian *koho →Every word from Hawaiian ʻōʻō →