Where does “Hōkūlani” come from?
Hōkūlani (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian hōkū, from Proto-Polynesian *fetuqu, from Proto-Oceanic *pituqun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bituqən, from Proto-Austronesian bituqən — star.
Ancestry of “Hōkūlani”, step by step