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

havaijinhylje traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish havaiji

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	havaiji	Hawaiian
2	English	Hawaii	The largest of the Hawaiian Islands
3	Hawaiian	Hawaiʻi	Hawaiian
4	Proto-Nuclear Polynesian	Sawaiki	traditional homeland

via Finnish hylje

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	hylje	seal; earless seal, true seal
2	Proto-Finnic	hülgeh	seal
3	Proto-Finnic	šülkeš	—

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