Where does “Hōkūʻula” come from?

Hōkūʻula (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian hōkū, from Proto-Polynesian *fetuqu, from Proto-Oceanic *pituqun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bituqən, from Proto-Austronesian bituqən — star.

Hōkūʻula (Hawaiian): Mars planet

Definitions

  1. Mars planet

Ancestry of “Hōkūʻula”, step by step

Hōkūʻula traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian hōkū

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianhōkūstar
2Proto-Polynesian*fetuqustar luminous celestial body
3Proto-Oceanic*pituqunstar luminous celestial body
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbituqənstar
5Proto-Austronesianbituqənstar

via Hawaiian ʻula

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻulared color
2Proto-Polynesian*kulared color
Every word from Proto-Austronesian bituqən →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bituqən →Every word from Proto-Oceanic *pituqun →