Where does “ʻehu” come from?
ʻehu (Hawaiian) comes from Proto-Polynesian *efu, from Proto-Oceanic *qapu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qabu, from Proto-Austronesian qabu — ash.
Ancestry of “ʻehu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Polynesian | *efu | — |
| 2 | Proto-Oceanic | *qapu | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | qabu | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | qabu | ash |