Where does “waiūhakuhaku” come from?
waiūhakuhaku (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian waiū, from Hawaiian wai, from Proto-Eastern Polynesian wai, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian wai, from Proto-Polynesian wai, from Proto-Oceanic waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian waiʀ — water.
waiūhakuhaku (Hawaiian): cottage cheese
Definitions
- cottage cheese
Ancestry of “waiūhakuhaku”, step by step
waiūhakuhaku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hawaiian waiū
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaiian | waiū | milk |
| 2 | Hawaiian | wai | fresh water |
| 3 | Proto-Eastern Polynesian | wai | water |
| 4 | Proto-Nuclear Polynesian | wai | water |
| 5 | Proto-Polynesian | wai | water |
| 6 | Proto-Oceanic | waiʀ | water |
| 7 | Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | waiʀ | water |
| 8 | Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | waiʀ | water |
| 9 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | wahiʀ | water |
via Hawaiian hakuhaku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaiian | hakuhaku | lumpy |
| 2 | Hawaiian | haku | lord, master, overseer, employer, owner,... |
| 3 | Proto-Central Polynesian | fatu | — |
| 4 | Proto-Oceanic | patu | stone, rock |
| 5 | Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | *batu | — |
| 6 | Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | *batu | — |
| 7 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | batu | stone |
| 8 | Proto-Austronesian | *batux | rock; stone |