Where does “huaʻōlelo” come from?

huaʻōlelo (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian hua, 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.

huaʻōlelo (Hawaiian): word

Definitions

  1. word

Ancestry of “huaʻōlelo”, step by step

huaʻōlelo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian hua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianhuafruit; egg
2Proto-Polynesian*fua—
3Proto-Oceanicpuaq—
4Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*buaq—
5Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*buaq—
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuaqfruit
7Proto-Austronesianbuaqfruit

via Hawaiian ʻōlelo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻōlelolanguage, speech; word, term; statement
2Proto-Polynesianqalelo—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandeləq—

Words derived from “huaʻōlelo”

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