Where does “nānaku” come from?

nānaku (Hawaiian) comes from Quechua -naku, from Kapampangan na, from Kapampangan nanu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian anu, from Proto-Austronesian (na-)nu — what.

nānaku (Hawaiian): great bulrush

Definitions

  1. great bulrush

Ancestry of “nānaku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Quechua-nakuIndicates a reciprocal action
2Kapampanganna3rd person singular possessive/ergative pronoun: he; his; she; her; it; its
3Kapampangannanuwhat
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiananuwhat?
5Proto-Austronesian(na-)nuwhat
Every word from Proto-Austronesian (na-)nu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian anu →Every word from Kapampangan nanu →