Where does “lauoho” come from?

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

lauoho (Hawaiian): hair (of human head)

Definitions

  1. hair (of human head)

Ancestry of “lauoho”, step by step

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

Words derived from “lauoho”

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