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
- nene, Hawaiian goose, "Branta sandvicensis"
Ancestry of “havaijinhanhi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | havaiji | Hawaiian |
| 2 | English | Hawaii | — |
| 3 | Hawaiian | Hawaiʻi | Hawaiian |
| 4 | Proto-Nuclear Polynesian | Sawaiki | traditional homeland |