Where does “hele” come from?

hele (Hawaiian) comes from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian sele.

hele (Hawaiian): to walk, move

Definitions

  1. to walk, move

Ancestry of “hele”, step by step

hele traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian sele

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesiansele—

via Proto-Polynesian sa'ele

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesiansa'ele—

Words derived from “hele”

Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian sele →