Where does “ʻauinapō” come from?

ʻauinapō (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian pō, from Proto-Polynesian *po, from Proto-Oceanic boŋi, from Proto-Austronesian bəʀŋi.

ʻauinapō (Hawaiian): midnight, late night

Definitions

  1. midnight, late night

Ancestry of “ʻauinapō”, step by step

ʻauinapō traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian pō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianpōnight
2Proto-Polynesian*po—
3Proto-Oceanicboŋi—
4Proto-Austronesianbəʀŋi—

via Hawaiian ʻauina

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻauinaslope, decline, descent
2Hawaiian-naCommon nominalizing suffix, sometimes with...
3Proto-Polynesian-ŋa—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian bəʀŋi →Every word from Proto-Oceanic boŋi →Every word from Proto-Polynesian *po →