Where does “Havaii” come from?

Havaii (Latin) comes from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian Sawaiki — traditional homeland.

Ancestry of “Havaii”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HawaiianHawaiʻiHawaiian
2Proto-Nuclear PolynesianSawaikitraditional homeland
Every word from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian Sawaiki →Every word from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi →