Where does “puʻu” come from?

puʻu (Hawaiian) comes from Proto-Polynesian *puku, from Proto-Oceanic *buku, from Proto-Austronesian *bukuh.

puʻu (Hawaiian): any geological protuberance like hill, mound

Definitions

  1. any geological protuberance like hill, mound

Ancestry of “puʻu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesian*puku—
2Proto-Oceanic*buku—
3Proto-Austronesian*bukuh—

Words derived from “puʻu”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *bukuh →Every word from Proto-Oceanic *buku →Every word from Proto-Polynesian *puku →