Where does “pōhae” come from?

pōhae (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian pō-, from Proto-Polynesian *poo-.

pōhae (Hawaiian): torn

Definitions

  1. torn

Ancestry of “pōhae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianpō-derives stative verbs
2Proto-Polynesian*poo-—
Every word from Proto-Polynesian *poo- →Every word from Hawaiian pō- →