Where does “hapakolu” come from?
hapakolu (Hawaiian) comes from Finnish kolu, from Finnish kolista, from Swedish kö, from French queue, from Middle French queu, from Old French cue, from Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda.
hapakolu (Hawaiian): third third part of something
Definitions
- third third part of something
Ancestry of “hapakolu”, step by step
hapakolu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kolu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kolu | Synonym of kolina |
| 2 | Finnish | kolista | to clatter, rattle; Elative plural form of kola |
| 3 | Swedish | kö | queue; a line of waiting people or other objects;... |
| 4 | French | queue | tail; queue, line; cue |
| 5 | Middle French | queu | — |
| 6 | Old French | cue | tail |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | coda | tail |
| 8 | Latin | cauda | A tail |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kaudā | tail |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂udeh₂ | — |
via Hawaiian hapa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaiian | hapa | half of something; someone who has Hawaiian... |
| 2 | English | half | Consisting of a half; Consisting of some... |
| 3 | Middle English | half | half |
| 4 | Old English | healf | side; half; partly |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *halb | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | halbaz | half |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kelH- | to cut; to split, to separate |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel- | to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,... |