Where does “ʻiliahi” come from?

ʻiliahi (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian ahi, from Proto-Polynesian afi, from Proto-Oceanic api, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian api, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian Sapuy — fire.

ʻiliahi (Hawaiian): sandalwood (Santalum)

Definitions

  1. sandalwood (Santalum)

Ancestry of “ʻiliahi”, step by step

ʻiliahi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian ahi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianahifire
2Proto-Polynesianafifire
3Proto-Oceanicapifire
4Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianapifire
5Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*apuyfire oxidation reaction
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhapuyfire
7Proto-AustronesianSapuyfire

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

Words derived from “ʻiliahi”

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