Where does “havaijinhylje” come from?
havaijinhylje (Finnish) comes from Finnish havaiji, from English Hawaii, from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian Sawaiki — traditional homeland.
havaijinhylje (Finnish): Hawaiian monk seal "Neomonachus schauinslandi"
Definitions
- Hawaiian monk seal "Neomonachus schauinslandi"
Ancestry of “havaijinhylje”, 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 |