Where does “hōʻano” come from?

hōʻano (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian ʻano, from Proto-Polynesian *kano, from Proto-Oceanic *kanon.

hōʻano (Hawaiian): to cause to take a definite shape

Definitions

  1. to cause to take a definite shape

Ancestry of “hōʻano”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻanokind, type
2Proto-Polynesian*kano—
3Proto-Oceanic*kanon—
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *kanon →Every word from Proto-Polynesian *kano →Every word from Hawaiian ʻano →