Where does “holoāiʻa” come from?

holoāiʻa (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian iʻa, from Proto-Polynesian ika, from Proto-Oceanic ikan, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hikan, from Proto-Austronesian Sikan — fish.

holoāiʻa (Hawaiian): to swim like a fish

Definitions

  1. to swim like a fish

Ancestry of “holoāiʻa”, step by step

holoāiʻa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian iʻa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianiʻafish vertebrate animal
2Proto-Polynesianikafish
3Proto-Oceanicikanfish
4Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianikanfish
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhikanfish
6Proto-AustronesianSikanfish

via Hawaiian holo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianholoa noose; to go, run, sail, ride, slide, progress;...
2Proto-Polynesian*solo₃—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Sikan →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hikan →Every word from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian ikan →
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