Where does “honu” come from?
honu (Hawaiian) comes from Proto-Polynesian fonu, from Proto-Oceanic ponuq, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ponuq, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pənuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pənuq, from Proto-Austronesian pəNuq — full.
honu (Hawaiian): turtle; sea turtle
Ancestry of “honu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Polynesian | fonu | sea turtle; full |
| 2 | Proto-Oceanic | ponuq | — |
| 3 | Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | *ponuq | — |
| 4 | Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | *pənuq | — |
| 5 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | pənuq | — |
| 6 | Proto-Austronesian | pəNuq | full |
Words derived from “honu”