Where does “pipi hoʻopoe” come from?
pipi hoʻopoe (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian pipi, from English beef, from Middle English bef, from Old French buef, from Latin bōs, from Ancient Greek βοῦς, from Latin corvus, from Proto-Italic korwos — army.
pipi hoʻopoe (Hawaiian): meatball
Definitions
- meatball
Ancestry of “pipi hoʻopoe”, step by step
pipi hoʻopoe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hawaiian pipi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaiian | pipi | cow |
| 2 | English | beef | The meat from a cow, bull, or other bovine; A... |
| 3 | Middle English | bef | beef; cow flesh or meat; A bovine or its carcass |
| 4 | Old French | buef | cow |
| 5 | Latin | bōs | head of cattle (cow, bull, steer, or ox) |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | βοῦς | cow, ox, cattle; shield: ὃτι ἐκ βοείων ἐστι... |
| 7 | Latin | corvus | A raven; a bird associated with prophecy and... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | korwos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂wós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via Hawaiian hoʻopoe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaiian | hoʻopoe | to form into a round shape |
| 2 | Hawaiian | poe | round, rounded; boy; buoy |
| 3 | English | boy | A young male; A male child: a son of any age; A... |
| 4 | Middle English | boye | servant, commoner, knave, boy |
| 5 | Old English | bōia | boy |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | bōjô | younger brother, young male relation |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | bō- | A stem meaning "father, brother, close male... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰā- | to say |