Where does “Laʻakea” come from?

Laʻakea (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian kea, from Polynesian *tea.

Ancestry of “Laʻakea”, step by step

Laʻakea traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian kea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiiankeawhite
2Polynesian*tea—

via Hawaiian laʻa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianlaʻasacredness
2Proto-Polynesian*laka₂—
Every word from Polynesian *tea →Every word from Hawaiian kea →