Where does “ʻōmā” come from?

ʻōmā (Hawaiian) comes from French homard, from Middle Low German hummer, from Old Norse humarr, from Proto-Germanic *humaraz — lobster.

ʻōmā (Hawaiian): Maine lobster, Homarus americanus

Definitions

  1. Maine lobster, Homarus americanus

Ancestry of “ʻōmā”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchhomardlobster
2Middle Low Germanhummer—
3Old Norsehumarrlobster
4Proto-Germanic*humarazlobster
Every word from Proto-Germanic *humaraz →Every word from Old Norse humarr →Every word from Middle Low German hummer →