Where does “a i ʻole” come from?

a i ʻole (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian i, from Proto-Polynesian i — in; at; to.

Ancestry of “a i ʻole”, step by step

a i ʻole traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian i

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianiused to mark the following as a direct object;...
2Proto-Polynesianiin; at; to

via Hawaiian ʻole

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻolenot, without, lacking; to deny; zero, nothing,...

via Hawaiian a

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianaand; until, up to; of, belonging to
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