Where does “ഹോണോലുലു” come from?

ഹോണോലുലു (Malayalam) comes from English Honolulu, from Hawaiian Honolulu, from Hawaiian lulu, from Proto-Oceanic *ruru.

ഹോണോലുലു (Malayalam): Honolulu

Definitions

  1. Honolulu

Ancestry of “ഹോണോലുലു”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishHonolulu—
2HawaiianHonolulu—
3Hawaiianlulushelter
4Proto-Oceanic*ruru—
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *ruru →Every word from Hawaiian lulu →Every word from Hawaiian Honolulu →