Where does “Poliʻahu” come from?

Poliʻahu (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian ʻahu, from Proto-Polynesian *kafu.

Poliʻahu (Hawaiian): a snow goddess of Mauna Kea

Definitions

  1. a snow goddess of Mauna Kea

Ancestry of “Poliʻahu”, step by step

Poliʻahu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian ʻahu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻahugarment
2Proto-Polynesian*kafu—

via Hawaiian poli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianpolibosom
Every word from Proto-Polynesian *kafu →Every word from Hawaiian ʻahu →