Where does “Waitangi” come from?

Waitangi (Maori) comes from Maori wai, from Proto-Eastern Polynesian wai, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian wai, from Proto-Polynesian wai, from Proto-Oceanic waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wahiʀ — water.

Ancestry of “Waitangi”, step by step

Waitangi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Maori wai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maoriwaiwater; liquid; who?
2Proto-Eastern Polynesianwaiwater
3Proto-Nuclear Polynesianwaiwater
4Proto-Polynesianwaiwater
5Proto-Oceanicwaiʀwater
6Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianwaiʀwater
7Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianwaiʀwater
8Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwahiʀwater

via Maori tangi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maoritangiweeping, mourning, lament; sound, intonation;...
2Proto-Polynesiantaŋito cry to weep
3Proto-Oceanictaŋisto cry, to lament
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantaŋisto cry
5Proto-AustronesianCaŋisto cry

Words derived from “Waitangi”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wahiʀ →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian waiʀ →Every word from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian waiʀ →