Where does “Hanalei” come from?
Hanalei (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian Hana-, from Proto-Polynesian *faŋa, from Proto-Oceanic *paŋan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kaən, from Proto-Austronesian kaən — to eat.
Ancestry of “Hanalei”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hawaiian | Hana- | — |
| 2 | Proto-Polynesian | *faŋa | — |
| 3 | Proto-Oceanic | *paŋan | — |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | kaən | to eat |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | kaən | to eat |