Where does “wā pāʻani” come from?

wā pāʻani (Hawaiian) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian -wā, from Proto-Indo-European *-we — or.

wā pāʻani (Hawaiian): playtime, recess

Definitions

  1. playtime, recess

Ancestry of “wā pāʻani”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranian-wāor
2Proto-Indo-European*-weor
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-we →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian -wā →