Where does “ʻōmaʻo” come from?

ʻōmaʻo (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian maʻo, from Proto-Polynesian *mako, from Proto-Oceanic *maʀako.

ʻōmaʻo (Hawaiian): Hawaiian thrush

Definitions

  1. Hawaiian thrush

Ancestry of “ʻōmaʻo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianmaʻogreen
2Proto-Polynesian*mako—
3Proto-Oceanic*maʀako—

Words derived from “ʻōmaʻo”

Every word from Proto-Oceanic *maʀako →Every word from Proto-Polynesian *mako →Every word from Hawaiian maʻo →
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