Where does “hua” come from?

hua (Hawaiian) comes from Proto-Polynesian *fua, from Proto-Oceanic puaq, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *buaq, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *buaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buaq, from Proto-Austronesian buaq — fruit.

hua (Hawaiian): fruit; egg

Definitions

  1. fruit; egg

Ancestry of “hua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesian*fua—
2Proto-Oceanicpuaq—
3Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*buaq—
4Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*buaq—
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuaqfruit
6Proto-Austronesianbuaqfruit

Words derived from “hua”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian buaq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buaq →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *buaq →