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

  1. Hawaiian monk seal "Neomonachus schauinslandi"

Ancestry of “havaijinhylje”, step by step

havaijinhylje 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 hylje

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhyljeseal; earless seal, true seal
2Proto-Finnichülgehseal
3Proto-Finnicšülkeš—
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