Where does “ʻumikūmāwalu” come from?

ʻumikūmāwalu (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian walu, from Proto-Polynesian walu, from Proto-Oceanic walu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian walu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian walu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian walu, from Proto-Austronesian walu — eight.

ʻumikūmāwalu (Hawaiian): eighteen

Definitions

  1. eighteen

Ancestry of “ʻumikūmāwalu”, step by step

ʻumikūmāwalu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian walu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianwalueight, eighth; to scratch
2Proto-Polynesianwalueight
3Proto-Oceanicwalueight
4Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianwalueight
5Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianwalueight
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwalueight
7Proto-Austronesianwalueight

via Hawaiian ʻumi

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