Where does “Pōʻā” come from?

Pōʻā (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian pō, from Proto-Polynesian *po, from Proto-Oceanic boŋi, from Proto-Austronesian bəʀŋi.

Pōʻā (Hawaiian): Algol star

Definitions

  1. Algol star

Ancestry of “Pōʻā”, step by step

Pōʻā traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian pō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianpōnight
2Proto-Polynesian*po—
3Proto-Oceanicboŋi—
4Proto-Austronesianbəʀŋi—

via Hawaiian ʻā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻāfire, burning
2Proto-Polynesian*kaha—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian bəʀŋi →Every word from Proto-Oceanic boŋi →Every word from Proto-Polynesian *po →