Where does “Pōʻakolu” come from?
Pōʻakolu (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian ʻakolu, from Finnish kolu, from Finnish kolista, from Swedish kö, from French queue, from Middle French queu, from Old French cue, from Vulgar Latin coda.
Pōʻakolu (Hawaiian): Wednesday
Definitions
- Wednesday
Ancestry of “Pōʻakolu”, step by step
Pōʻakolu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hawaiian ʻakolu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaiian | ʻakolu | three |
| 2 | Finnish | kolu | Synonym of kolina |
| 3 | Finnish | kolista | to clatter, rattle; Elative plural form of kola |
| 4 | Swedish | kö | queue; a line of waiting people or other objects;... |
| 5 | French | queue | tail; queue, line; cue |
| 6 | Middle French | queu | — |
| 7 | Old French | cue | tail |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | coda | tail |
| 9 | Latin | cauda | A tail |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kaudā | tail |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂udeh₂ | — |