Where does “waihoʻoluʻu” come from?

waihoʻoluʻu (Hawaiian) comes 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, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wahiʀ — water.

waihoʻoluʻu (Hawaiian): dye, colorant to submerge fabrics in

Definitions

  1. dye, colorant to submerge fabrics in

Ancestry of “waihoʻoluʻu”, step by step

waihoʻoluʻu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian wai

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

via Hawaiian hoʻoluʻu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianhoʻoluʻuto plunge or dip something in liquids, dyes, solutions etc
2Hawaiianluʻuto dive, plunge or dip onself, to immerse
3Proto-Polynesian*ruku—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wahiʀ →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian waiʀ →Every word from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian waiʀ →