Where does “ʻumikūmāiwa” come from?

ʻumikūmāiwa (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian iwa, from Proto-Polynesian hiwa, from Proto-Oceanic hiwa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hiwa, from Proto-Austronesian Siwa — nine.

ʻumikūmāiwa (Hawaiian): nineteen

Definitions

  1. nineteen

Ancestry of “ʻumikūmāiwa”, step by step

ʻumikūmāiwa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian iwa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianiwanine, ninth
2Proto-Polynesianhiwanine
3Proto-Oceanichiwa
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhiwa
5Proto-AustronesianSiwanine

via Hawaiian ʻumi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻumiten, tenth
2Proto-Nuclear Polynesian*kumi
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Siwa