Where does “pae ʻāina” come from?

pae ʻāina (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian ʻāina, from Proto-Polynesian *kaaiŋa.

pae ʻāina (Hawaiian): island group, archipelago

Definitions

  1. island group, archipelago

Ancestry of “pae ʻāina”, step by step

pae ʻāina traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian ʻāina

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻāinaland
2Proto-Polynesian*kaaiŋa—

via Hawaiian pae

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianpaeto come ashore, to land
2Proto-Polynesian*pae—
Every word from Proto-Polynesian *kaaiŋa →Every word from Hawaiian ʻāina →