Where does “hōʻike” come from?

hōʻike (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian ʻike, from Hawaiian -na, from Proto-Polynesian -ŋa.

hōʻike (Hawaiian): to show, to display, to exhibit

Definitions

  1. to show, to display, to exhibit

Ancestry of “hōʻike”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻikesight
2Hawaiian-naCommon nominalizing suffix, sometimes with...
3Proto-Polynesian-ŋa—
Every word from Proto-Polynesian -ŋa →Every word from Hawaiian -na →Every word from Hawaiian ʻike →