Where does “eʻe moku” come from?

eʻe moku (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian moku, from Proto-Polynesian motu — island.

eʻe moku (Hawaiian): to board a ship

Definitions

  1. to board a ship

Ancestry of “eʻe moku”, step by step

eʻe moku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian moku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianmokuan island, district, forest, section
2Proto-Polynesianmotuisland

via Hawaiian eʻe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianeʻeto get on, to board
2Proto-Polynesian*heke—
Every word from Proto-Polynesian motu →Every word from Hawaiian moku →