Where does “ʻahā” come from?

ʻahā (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian hā, from Proto-Polynesian fa, from Proto-Oceanic pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat, from Proto-Austronesian Səpat — four.

ʻahā (Hawaiian): four

Definitions

  1. four

Ancestry of “ʻahā”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianhāfour; fourth; breath, life
2Proto-Polynesianfafour
3Proto-Oceanicpatfour
4Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianpatfour
5Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianpat—
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəpatfour
7Proto-AustronesianSəpatfour

Words derived from “ʻahā”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian Səpat →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian pat →