Where does “Akua kahikolu” come from?
Akua kahikolu (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian kahikolu, from Finnish kolu, from Finnish kolista, from Swedish kö, from French queue, from Middle French queu, from Old French cue, from Vulgar Latin coda.
Akua kahikolu (Hawaiian): Holy Trinity
Definitions
- Holy Trinity
Ancestry of “Akua kahikolu”, step by step
Akua kahikolu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hawaiian kahikolu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaiian | kahikolu | three-in-one |
| 2 | Finnish | kolu | Synonym of kolina |
| 3 | Finnish | kolista | to clatter, rattle; Elative plural form of kola |
| 4 | Swedish | kö | queue; a line of waiting people or other objects;... |
| 5 | French | queue | tail; queue, line; cue |
| 6 | Middle French | queu | — |
| 7 | Old French | cue | tail |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | coda | tail |
| 9 | Latin | cauda | A tail |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kaudā | tail |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂udeh₂ | — |
via Hawaiian akua
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaiian | akua | god deity |
| 2 | English | God | A being such as a monotheistic God: a single... |
| 3 | Middle English | god | A god or deity; a divine individual; A person... |
| 4 | Old English | gōd | a good thing, advantage, benefit, gift; good,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | gōd | good |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | gudą | invoked one; god, deity |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | gastiz | stranger, guest |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰóstis | stranger, host |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |