Where does “ahimakani” come from?

ahimakani (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.

ahimakani (Hawaiian): gasoline

Definitions

  1. gasoline

Ancestry of “ahimakani”, step by step

ahimakani 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 makani

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianmakaniwind
2Proto-Polynesian*mataŋiwind
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