Where does “pōniu” come from?

pōniu (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian niu, from Proto-Polynesian niu, from Proto-Oceanic niuʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian niuʀ — coconut.

pōniu (Hawaiian): to rotate, to spin

Definitions

  1. to rotate, to spin

Ancestry of “pōniu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianniucoconut
2Proto-Polynesianniucoconut
3Proto-Oceanicniuʀcoconut
4Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*niuʀ—
5Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*niuʀ—
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesianniuʀcoconut
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian niuʀ →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ →Every word from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ →