Where does “kalima waiū” come from?
kalima waiū (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian kalima, from English cream, from French crème, from Middle French chresme, from Old French cresme, from Late Latin crama, from Late Latin chrisma, from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα — to rub; to stroke; to grind.
kalima waiū (Hawaiian): cream oily part of milk
Definitions
- cream oily part of milk
Ancestry of “kalima waiū”, step by step
kalima waiū traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hawaiian kalima
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaiian | kalima | cream |
| 2 | English | cream | The butterfat/milkfat part of milk which rises to... |
| 3 | French | crème | cream; cool; café crème |
| 4 | Middle French | chresme | cream (milk product) |
| 5 | Old French | cresme | cream |
| 6 | Late Latin | crama | skim; nominative plural of crāmum; accusative... |
| 7 | Late Latin | chrisma | ointment |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χρῖσμα | anointing, unction; wall coating, plaster |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χρίω | to rub or smear (especially the body) with oil or unguents; to anoint |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrēy- | to smear; to paint, streak, smear |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰer- | to rub; to stroke; to grind |
via Hawaiian waiū
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaiian | waiū | milk |
| 2 | Hawaiian | wai | fresh water |
| 3 | Proto-Eastern Polynesian | wai | water |
| 4 | Proto-Nuclear Polynesian | wai | water |
| 5 | Proto-Polynesian | wai | water |
| 6 | Proto-Oceanic | waiʀ | water |
| 7 | Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | waiʀ | water |
| 8 | Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | waiʀ | water |
| 9 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | wahiʀ | water |