Where does “hopena pāheu” come from?

hopena pāheu (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian hopena, from Hawaiian -na, from Proto-Polynesian -ŋa.

hopena pāheu (Hawaiian): allergic reaction

Definitions

  1. allergic reaction

Ancestry of “hopena pāheu”, step by step

hopena pāheu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian hopena

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianhopenaending, conclusion
2Hawaiian-naCommon nominalizing suffix, sometimes with...
3Proto-Polynesian-ŋa—

via Hawaiian pāheu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianpāheuallergy
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpā-off, of
Every word from Proto-Polynesian -ŋa →Every word from Hawaiian -na →Every word from Hawaiian hopena →