Where does “ʻahaʻōlelo lāhui” come from?

ʻahaʻōlelo lāhui (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian ʻahaʻōlelo, from Hawaiian ʻōlelo, from Proto-Polynesian qalelo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian deləq.

ʻahaʻōlelo lāhui (Hawaiian): national assembly

Definitions

  1. national assembly

Ancestry of “ʻahaʻōlelo lāhui”, step by step

ʻahaʻōlelo lāhui traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian ʻahaʻōlelo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻahaʻōlelolegislature, assembly, council
2Hawaiianʻōlelolanguage, speech; word, term; statement
3Proto-Polynesianqalelo—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandeləq—

via Hawaiian lāhui

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianlāhuirace, nation, tribe, people, nationality
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian deləq →Every word from Proto-Polynesian qalelo →Every word from Hawaiian ʻōlelo →