Where does “ʻumikūmāhiku” come from?

ʻumikūmāhiku (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian hiku, from Proto-Polynesian fitu, from Old Portuguese feeyto, from Latin filictum, from Latin -tum, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

ʻumikūmāhiku (Hawaiian): seventeen

Definitions

  1. seventeen

Ancestry of “ʻumikūmāhiku”, step by step

ʻumikūmāhiku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian hiku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianhikuseven, seventh
2Proto-Polynesianfituseven
3Old Portuguesefeeyto
4Latinfilictumfernbrake, stand of ferns
5Latin-tummasculine accusative singular of -tus; neuter...
6Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
7Proto-Italic-tus
8Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Hawaiian ʻumi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻumiten, tenth
2Proto-Nuclear Polynesian*kumi
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus