Where does “ʻaʻano” come from?

ʻaʻano (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian ʻaʻa, from Proto-Oceanic *kaka.

ʻaʻano (Hawaiian): overbearing, arrogant

Definitions

  1. overbearing, arrogant

Ancestry of “ʻaʻano”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻaʻaclothlike sheath on the bottom of a coconut leaf frond
2Proto-Oceanic*kaka—
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *kaka →Every word from Hawaiian ʻaʻa →