Where does “kālua” come from?

kālua (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian lua, from Proto-Eastern Polynesian rua, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian rua, from Proto-Polynesian rua, from Proto-Oceanic rua, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian duha, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian duha, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duha — two.

kālua (Hawaiian): to cook in an underground oven

Definitions

  1. to cook in an underground oven

Ancestry of “kālua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianluatwo; second; double
2Proto-Eastern Polynesianrua—
3Proto-Nuclear Polynesianrua—
4Proto-Polynesianruatwo
5Proto-Oceanicruatwo
6Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianduha—
7Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianduha—
8Proto-Malayo-Polynesianduhatwo
9Proto-Austronesian*duha—
10Proto-AustronesianduSatwo

Words derived from “kālua”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian duSa →Every word from Proto-Austronesian *duha →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duha →