Where does “ʻelima” come from?

ʻelima (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian lima, from Proto-Eastern Polynesian *lima.

ʻelima (Hawaiian): five

Definitions

  1. five

Ancestry of “ʻelima”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianlimafive; fifth; hand
2Proto-Eastern Polynesian*lima—
Every word from Proto-Eastern Polynesian *lima →Every word from Hawaiian lima →
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