Where does “hoʻopālua” come from?

hoʻopālua (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian pālua, 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 — two.

hoʻopālua (Hawaiian): to double

Definitions

  1. to double

Ancestry of “hoʻopālua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianpāluatwo by two, two at a time
2Hawaiianluatwo; second; double
3Proto-Eastern Polynesianrua—
4Proto-Nuclear Polynesianrua—
5Proto-Polynesianruatwo
6Proto-Oceanicruatwo
7Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianduha—
8Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianduha—
9Proto-Malayo-Polynesianduhatwo
10Proto-Austronesian*duha—
11Proto-AustronesianduSatwo
Every word from Proto-Austronesian duSa →Every word from Proto-Austronesian *duha →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duha →