Where does “Maile” come from?

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

Maile (Hawaiian): any of the four Maile sisters (plant forms), minor goddesses of hula

Definitions

  1. any of the four Maile sisters (plant forms), minor goddesses of hula

Ancestry of “Maile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianmailemaile
2Proto-Polynesian*maile—
Every word from Proto-Polynesian *maile →Every word from Hawaiian maile →