Where does “aas” come from?
aas (French) comes from French aa, from Hawaiian ʻaʻā, from Proto-Polynesian kakaha.
aas (French): plural of aa
Ancestry of “aas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | aa | The surface of an aa lava flow |
| 2 | Hawaiian | ʻaʻā | aa, a type of lava; to burn, glow; to be covered... |
| 3 | Proto-Polynesian | kakaha | — |