Where does “Pōʻalima” come from?

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

Pōʻalima (Hawaiian): Friday

Definitions

  1. Friday

Ancestry of “Pōʻalima”, step by step

Pōʻalima traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian pō

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

via Hawaiian ʻalima

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻalimafive
2Hawaiianlimafive; fifth; hand
3Proto-Eastern Polynesian*lima—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian bəʀŋi →Every word from Proto-Oceanic boŋi →Every word from Proto-Polynesian *po →