Where does “lawaiʻa” come from?

lawaiʻa (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian iʻa, from Proto-Polynesian ika, from Proto-Oceanic ikan, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hikan, from Proto-Austronesian Sikan — fish.

lawaiʻa (Hawaiian): fisherman; fishing; cormorant

Definitions

  1. fisherman; fishing; cormorant

Ancestry of “lawaiʻa”, step by step

lawaiʻa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian iʻa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianiʻafish vertebrate animal
2Proto-Polynesianikafish
3Proto-Oceanicikanfish
4Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianikanfish
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhikanfish
6Proto-AustronesianSikanfish

via Hawaiian lawe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianlawebearer; to transport, carry, take, bring; to...
2Proto-Polynesian*lawe—
3Proto-Oceanic*lawe—

Words derived from “lawaiʻa”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian Sikan →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hikan →Every word from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian ikan →