Where does “ʻili lāʻau” come from?

ʻili lāʻau (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian ʻili, from Proto-Polynesian kili, from Proto-Oceanic kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kulit, from Proto-Austronesian kuliC — rind.

ʻili lāʻau (Hawaiian): bark

Definitions

  1. bark

Ancestry of “ʻili lāʻau”, step by step

ʻili lāʻau traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian ʻili

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻiliskin; peel, bark, rind; hide, leather
2Proto-Polynesiankili—
3Proto-Oceanickulitskin outer covering of the body of a person
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankulitskin
5Proto-AustronesiankuliCrind

via Hawaiian lāʻau

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianlāʻautree, wood; medicine; wooden
2Proto-Polynesianraqakauwood; tree
3Proto-Oceanicraqan kayuwood; tree
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandaqan kahiwwood branch
Every word from Proto-Austronesian kuliC →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kulit →Every word from Proto-Oceanic kulit →