Where does “kau” come from?
kau (Hawaiian) comes from Proto-Polynesian tau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taʀuq.
kau (Hawaiian): season; to settle
Ancestry of “kau”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Polynesian | tau | — |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | taʀuq | — |