Where does “hoʻomakaʻu” come from?

hoʻomakaʻu (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian makaʻu, from Proto-Polynesian *mataku, from Proto-Oceanic *matakut, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *matakut, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *matakut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *matakut, from Proto-Austronesian *matakut — afraid, scared.

hoʻomakaʻu (Hawaiian): to frighten

Definitions

  1. to frighten

Ancestry of “hoʻomakaʻu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianmakaʻufear
2Proto-Polynesian*mataku—
3Proto-Oceanic*matakutto be afraid, to be scared
4Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*matakut—
5Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*matakut—
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*matakutafraid, scared
7Proto-Austronesian*matakutafraid, scared
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *matakut →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *matakut →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *matakut →