Where does “anuhea” come from?

anuhea (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian hea, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *fea.

anuhea (Hawaiian): cool soft fragrance

Definitions

  1. cool soft fragrance

Ancestry of “anuhea”, step by step

anuhea traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian hea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianheamist; mist; to call, name
2Proto-Nuclear Polynesian*fea—

via Hawaiian anu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiiananucool; coolness
Every word from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *fea →Every word from Hawaiian hea →