Where does “laukōnā” come from?

laukōnā (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian lau, from Proto-Polynesian rau, from Proto-Oceanic raun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dahun — leaf.

laukōnā (Hawaiian): heartless, merciless

Definitions

  1. heartless, merciless

Ancestry of “laukōnā”, step by step

laukōnā traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian lau

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianlauleaf; many, numerous; four hundred
2Proto-Polynesianrauhundred
3Proto-OceanicraunUsed to count certain objects
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandahunleaf

via Hawaiian kona

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiiankonahis, her, its; leeward side of an island,...
2Proto-Polynesian*jona—

Words derived from “laukōnā”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dahun →Every word from Proto-Oceanic raun →Every word from Proto-Polynesian rau →