Where does “mokupuni” come from?

mokupuni (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian moku, from Proto-Polynesian motu — island.

mokupuni (Hawaiian): island

Definitions

  1. island

Ancestry of “mokupuni”, step by step

mokupuni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian moku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianmokuan island, district, forest, section
2Proto-Polynesianmotuisland

via Hawaiian puni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianpunisurrounded
Every word from Proto-Polynesian motu →Every word from Hawaiian moku →