Where does “ʻoka kilika” come from?
ʻoka kilika (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian ʻoka, from English order, from German Ordnung, from Middle High German ordenunge, from Old High German ordinunga, from Old High German ordinōn, from Latin ordino, from Latin ordo — to fit, to fix, to put together.
ʻoka kilika (Hawaiian): silky oak (Grevillea robusta), an evergreen tree not closely related to true oaks
Definitions
- silky oak (Grevillea robusta), an evergreen tree not closely related to true oaks
Ancestry of “ʻoka kilika”, step by step
ʻoka kilika traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hawaiian ʻoka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaiian | ʻoka | to order |
| 2 | English | order | Arrangement, disposition, or sequence; A position... |
| 3 | German | Ordnung | arrangement, regulation; classification, order,... |
| 4 | Middle High German | ordenunge | — |
| 5 | Old High German | ordinunga | — |
| 6 | Old High German | ordinōn | to put in order |
| 7 | Latin | ordino | I arrange, put in order, organize; I rule,... |
| 8 | Latin | ordo | a methodical series, arrangement, or order;... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | ord-on- | row, order |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |