Where does “ʻeiwa” come from?

ʻeiwa (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian iwa, from Proto-Polynesian hiwa, from Proto-Oceanic hiwa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hiwa, from Proto-Austronesian Siwa — nine.

ʻeiwa (Hawaiian): nine

Definitions

  1. nine

Ancestry of “ʻeiwa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianiwanine, ninth
2Proto-Polynesianhiwanine
3Proto-Oceanichiwa—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhiwa—
5Proto-AustronesianSiwanine
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Siwa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hiwa →Every word from Proto-Oceanic hiwa →