Where does “hāhā” come from?

hāhā (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian hā, from Proto-Polynesian fa, from Proto-Oceanic pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat, from Proto-Austronesian Səpat — four.

hāhā (Hawaiian): Any Gunnera species

Definitions

  1. Any Gunnera species

Ancestry of “hāhā”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianhāfour; fourth; breath, life
2Proto-Polynesianfafour
3Proto-Oceanicpatfour
4Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianpatfour
5Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianpat—
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəpatfour
7Proto-AustronesianSəpatfour

Words derived from “hāhā”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian Səpat →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian pat →