Where does “ʻelua” come from?

ʻelua (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian lua, from Proto-Eastern Polynesian rua, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian rua, from Proto-Polynesian rua, from Proto-Oceanic rua, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian duha, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian duha, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duha — two.

ʻelua (Hawaiian): two

Definitions

  1. two

Ancestry of “ʻelua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianluatwo; second; double
2Proto-Eastern Polynesianrua—
3Proto-Nuclear Polynesianrua—
4Proto-Polynesianruatwo
5Proto-Oceanicruatwo
6Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianduha—
7Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianduha—
8Proto-Malayo-Polynesianduhatwo
9Proto-Austronesian*duha—
10Proto-AustronesianduSatwo
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