Where does “hoa” come from?

hoa (Maori) comes from Proto-Polynesian *soa, from Proto-Oceanic *soʀa.

Ancestry of “hoa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesian*soa—
2Proto-Oceanic*soʀa—
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *soʀa →Every word from Proto-Polynesian *soa →