Where does “Pauahi” come from?

Pauahi (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian ahi, from Proto-Polynesian afi, from Proto-Oceanic api, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian api, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian Sapuy — fire.

Pauahi (Hawaiian): a name ascribed to a star

Definitions

  1. a name ascribed to a star

Ancestry of “Pauahi”, step by step

Pauahi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian ahi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianahifire
2Proto-Polynesianafifire
3Proto-Oceanicapifire
4Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianapifire
5Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*apuyfire oxidation reaction
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhapuyfire
7Proto-AustronesianSapuyfire

via Hawaiian pau

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianpaufinished, done; destroyed
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Sapuy →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hapuy →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apuy →