Where does “Kōpūnui” come from?

Kōpūnui (Maori) comes from Maori Kōpū, from Proto-Polynesian *kuupoo, from Proto-Oceanic *kobuŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kəmpuŋ — belly.

Ancestry of “Kōpūnui”, step by step

Kōpūnui traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Maori Kōpū

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MaoriKōpū—
2Proto-Polynesian*kuupoo—
3Proto-Oceanic*kobuŋbelly
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*kəmpuŋbelly

via Maori nui

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maorinuibig
2Proto-Nuclear Polynesiannuibig
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kəmpuŋ →Every word from Proto-Oceanic *kobuŋ →Every word from Proto-Polynesian *kuupoo →