Where does “Pōʻalua” come from?

Pōʻalua (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian ʻalua, from Hawaiian lua, from Proto-Eastern Polynesian rua, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian rua, from Proto-Polynesian rua, from Proto-Oceanic rua, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian duha, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian duha — two.

Pōʻalua (Hawaiian): Tuesday

Definitions

  1. Tuesday

Ancestry of “Pōʻalua”, step by step

Pōʻalua traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian ʻalua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻaluatwo
2Hawaiianluatwo; second; double
3Proto-Eastern Polynesianrua—
4Proto-Nuclear Polynesianrua—
5Proto-Polynesianruatwo
6Proto-Oceanicruatwo
7Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianduha—
8Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianduha—
9Proto-Malayo-Polynesianduhatwo
10Proto-Austronesian*duha—
11Proto-AustronesianduSatwo

via Hawaiian pō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianpōnight
2Proto-Polynesian*po—
3Proto-Oceanicboŋi—
4Proto-Austronesianbəʀŋi—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian duSa →Every word from Proto-Austronesian *duha →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duha →