Where does “ʻehā” come from?

ʻehā (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.

ʻehā (Hawaiian): four

Definitions

  1. four

Ancestry of “ʻehā”, 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
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Səpat →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian pat →