Where does “ʻĀina ʻŌmaʻomaʻo” come from?

ʻĀina ʻŌmaʻomaʻo (Hawaiian) comes from English Greenland, from Old Norse Grǿnland, from Old Norse land, from Proto-Germanic landą, from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- — land, heath; loins.

ʻĀina ʻŌmaʻomaʻo (Hawaiian): Greenlandic

Definitions

  1. Greenlandic

Ancestry of “ʻĀina ʻŌmaʻomaʻo”, step by step

ʻĀina ʻŌmaʻomaʻo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Greenland

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishGreenlandSpitzbergen, another island in Europe formerly thought to have been part of Greenland
2Old NorseGrǿnland—
3Old Norselandland
4Proto-Germaniclandąland, area of ground
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlendʰ-land, heath; loins

via Hawaiian ʻāina

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻāinaland
2Proto-Polynesian*kaaiŋa—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic landą →Every word from Old Norse land →