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Where does “ʻakolu” come from?

ʻakolu (Hawaiian) comes from Finnish kolu, from Finnish kolista, from Swedish kö, from French queue, from Middle French queu, from Old French cue, from Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda.

ʻakolu (Hawaiian): three

Definitions

  1. three

Ancestry of “ʻakolu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkoluSynonym of kolina
2Finnishkolistato clatter, rattle; Elative plural form of kola
3Swedishköqueue; a line of waiting people or other objects;...
4Frenchqueuetail; queue, line; cue
5Middle Frenchqueu—
6Old Frenchcuetail
7Vulgar Latincodatail
8LatincaudaA tail
9Proto-Italickaudātail
10Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂udeh₂—

Words derived from “ʻakolu”

  • Pōʻakolu
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂udeh₂ →