Where does “mū kākela” come from?

mū kākela (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian kākela, from English Castle, from Middle English castel, from Old English castel, from Breton kastell, from Italian castello, from Latin castellum, from Latin castrum — to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to...

mū kākela (Hawaiian): chess

Definitions

  1. chess

Ancestry of “mū kākela”, step by step

mū kākela traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian kākela

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiiankākelacastle
2EnglishCastlereferring to someone who lived in or worked in a castle
3Middle Englishcastelcastle
4Old Englishcasteltown; village; castle
5Bretonkastellcastle
6Italiancastellocastle
7Latincastellumcastle, fort, citadel, fortress, stronghold; a...
8Latincastrumcastle, fort, fortress; camp, especially a...
9Proto-Italickastromknife
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱos-tróm
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱes-to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to...

via Proto-Tungusic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Tungusicwater
2Proto-Finnicmuuother, another; different
3Proto-Finno-Ugricmu
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱes-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱos-trómEvery word from Proto-Italic kastrom