Where does “ʻano” come from?

ʻano (Hawaiian) comes from Proto-Polynesian *kano, from Proto-Oceanic *kanon.

ʻano (Hawaiian): kind, type

Definitions

  1. kind, type

Ancestry of “ʻano”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesian*kano
2Proto-Oceanic*kanon

Words derived from “ʻano

Every word from Proto-Oceanic *kanonEvery word from Proto-Polynesian *kano