Where does “hapalua” come from?
hapalua (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian lua, from Proto-Eastern Polynesian rua, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian rua, from Proto-Polynesian rua, from Proto-Oceanic rua, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian duha, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian duha, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duha — two.
hapalua (Hawaiian): half, half-dollar
Definitions
- half, half-dollar
Ancestry of “hapalua”, step by step
hapalua traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hawaiian lua
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaiian | lua | two; second; double |
| 2 | Proto-Eastern Polynesian | rua | — |
| 3 | Proto-Nuclear Polynesian | rua | — |
| 4 | Proto-Polynesian | rua | two |
| 5 | Proto-Oceanic | rua | two |
| 6 | Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | duha | — |
| 7 | Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | duha | — |
| 8 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | duha | two |
| 9 | Proto-Austronesian | *duha | — |
| 10 | Proto-Austronesian | duSa | two |
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,... |