Where does “Pōʻahā” come from?

Pōʻahā (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian ʻahā, from Hawaiian hā, from Proto-Polynesian fa, from Proto-Oceanic pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat, from Proto-Austronesian Səpat — four.

Pōʻahā (Hawaiian): Thursday

Definitions

  1. Thursday

Ancestry of “Pōʻahā”, step by step

Pōʻahā traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian ʻahā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻahāfour
2Hawaiianhāfour; fourth; breath, life
3Proto-Polynesianfafour
4Proto-Oceanicpatfour
5Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianpatfour
6Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianpat—
7Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəpatfour
8Proto-AustronesianSəpatfour

via Hawaiian pō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianpōnight
2Proto-Polynesian*po—
3Proto-Oceanicboŋi—
4Proto-Austronesianbəʀŋi—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Səpat →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian pat →