Where does “maila” come from?

maila (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian lā, from Proto-Polynesian *la, from Proto-Oceanic layaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian layaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian layaʀ — sail.

maila (Hawaiian): hither, this way, towards the speaker

Definitions

  1. hither, this way, towards the speaker

Ancestry of “maila”, step by step

maila traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian lā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianlāsail; dorsal fin; sun, sun’s heat; sunny, solar
2Proto-Polynesian*lasail a piece of fabric attached to a boat
3Proto-Oceaniclayaʀsail
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlayaʀsail
5Proto-Austronesianlayaʀsail

via Hawaiian mai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianmaihither, this way, towards the speaker; from;...
2Proto-Polynesianmai—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianmaʀito come
Every word from Proto-Austronesian layaʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian layaʀ →Every word from Proto-Oceanic layaʀ →