Where does “Havaí” come from?
Havaí (Icelandic) comes from English Hawaii, from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian Sawaiki — traditional homeland.
Ancestry of “Havaí”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Hawaii | — |
| 2 | Hawaiian | Hawaiʻi | Hawaiian |
| 3 | Proto-Nuclear Polynesian | Sawaiki | traditional homeland |