Where does “Māoritanga” come from?

Māoritanga (Maori) comes from Maori Māori, from Proto-Polynesian ma(a)qoli — true, real, genuine.

Māoritanga (Maori): Maoriness, Maoritanga

Definitions

  1. Maoriness, Maoritanga

Ancestry of “Māoritanga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MaoriMāoriMaori; Maori; normal
2Proto-Polynesianma(a)qolitrue, real, genuine

Words derived from “Māoritanga”

Every word from Proto-Polynesian ma(a)qoli →Every word from Maori Māori →