Where does “waiūpaʻa” come from?

waiūpaʻa (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.

waiūpaʻa (Hawaiian): cheese

Definitions

  1. cheese

Ancestry of “waiūpaʻa”, step by step

waiūpaʻa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian waiū

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianwaiūmilk
2Hawaiianwaifresh water
3Proto-Eastern Polynesianwaiwater
4Proto-Nuclear Polynesianwaiwater
5Proto-Polynesianwaiwater
6Proto-Oceanicwaiʀwater
7Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianwaiʀwater
8Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianwaiʀwater
9Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwahiʀwater

via Hawaiian paʻa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianpaʻasolid; firm, fast, permanent
2Proto-Polynesian*paka—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*paŋganto roast over fire; to toast
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wahiʀ →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian waiʀ →Every word from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian waiʀ →