Where does “ʻōpuʻu” come from?

ʻōpuʻu (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian puʻu, from Proto-Polynesian *puku, from Proto-Oceanic *buku, from Proto-Austronesian *bukuh.

ʻōpuʻu (Hawaiian): bud, not yet opened blossom

Definitions

  1. bud, not yet opened blossom

Ancestry of “ʻōpuʻu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianpuʻuany geological protuberance like hill, mound
2Proto-Polynesian*puku—
3Proto-Oceanic*buku—
4Proto-Austronesian*bukuh—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *bukuh →Every word from Proto-Oceanic *buku →Every word from Proto-Polynesian *puku →
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