Where does “havaijinhanhi” come from?

havaijinhanhi (Finnish) comes from Finnish havaiji, from English Hawaii, from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian Sawaiki — traditional homeland.

havaijinhanhi (Finnish): nene, Hawaiian goose, "Branta sandvicensis"

Definitions

  1. nene, Hawaiian goose, "Branta sandvicensis"

Ancestry of “havaijinhanhi”, step by step

havaijinhanhi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish havaiji

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhavaijiHawaiian
2EnglishHawaiiThe largest of the Hawaiian Islands
3HawaiianHawaiʻiHawaiian
4Proto-Nuclear PolynesianSawaikitraditional homeland

via Finnish hanhi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhanhigoose
2Proto-Finnichanhigoose
3Proto-Finnicšanši—
Every word from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian Sawaiki →Every word from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi →Every word from English Hawaii →