Where does “pāʻoihana” come from?

pāʻoihana (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian ʻOihana, from Hawaiian hana, from Proto-Polynesian fana, from Proto-Oceanic *p(ʷ)anaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian panaq, from Proto-Austronesian panaq — to shoot.

pāʻoihana (Hawaiian): business, enterprise

Definitions

  1. business, enterprise

Ancestry of “pāʻoihana”, step by step

pāʻoihana traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian ʻOihana

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HawaiianʻOihanaActs of the Apostles book of the Bible
2Hawaiianhanawork, labor, job, employment, occupation, duty,...
3Proto-Polynesianfanawarm, hot; shoot with a bow
4Proto-Oceanic*p(ʷ)anaqto shoot to fire a shot
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpanaqto shoot
6Proto-Austronesianpanaqto shoot

via Proto-Indo-European pā-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanpā-off, of
Every word from Proto-Austronesian panaq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian panaq →Every word from Proto-Oceanic *p(ʷ)anaq →