Where does “lumi hoʻokipa” come from?
lumi hoʻokipa (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian lumi, from English room, from Middle English roum, from Old English rūm, from Proto-West Germanic rūm, from Proto-Germanic rūmaz, from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- — free space.
lumi hoʻokipa (Hawaiian): living room, parlour
Definitions
- living room, parlour
Ancestry of “lumi hoʻokipa”, step by step
lumi hoʻokipa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hawaiian lumi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaiian | lumi | room |
| 2 | English | room | Opportunity or scope; Space "for" something, or... |
| 3 | Middle English | roum | A space or area; A room |
| 4 | Old English | rūm | room, space; roomy, spacious, ample, extensive,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | rūm | roomy, spacious; room, open space |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | rūmaz | roomy, spacious, open |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | rewh₁- | free space |