Where does “Hāliʻimaile” come from?

Hāliʻimaile (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian maile, from Proto-Polynesian *maile.

Ancestry of “Hāliʻimaile”, step by step

Hāliʻimaile traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian maile

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianmailemaile
2Proto-Polynesian*maile

via Hawaiian hāliʻi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianhāliʻicover
2Proto-Polynesian*faaliki

Words derived from “Hāliʻimaile

Every word from Proto-Polynesian *maileEvery word from Hawaiian maile