Where does “nama waea” come from?

nama waea (Maori) comes from Maori waea, from English wire, from Middle English wir, from Old English wīr, from English myrtle, from Old French myrte, from Latin myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος.

Ancestry of “nama waea”, step by step

nama waea traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Maori waea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maoriwaea
2EnglishwireMetal formed into a thin, even thread, now...
3Middle Englishwir
4Old Englishwīrwire, metal thread, wire-ornament
5EnglishmyrtleAn evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus...
6Old Frenchmyrte
7Latinmyrtusmyrtle
8Ancient Greekμύρτοςmyrtle; twig or spray of myrtle
9Ancient Greekμυρίκηtamarisk
10Ancient Greek-ίκη

via Maori nama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maorinamanumber, numeral; bill, invoice
2EnglishnumberAn abstract entity used to describe quantity; A...
3EnglishnumbPhysically unable to feel, not having the power...
4EnglishnimTo take or seize; To filch, steal; To walk with...
5Middle Englishnimento take
6Old Englishnimanto take, seize
7Proto-West Germanicnemanto take
8Proto-Germanicnemanąto take
9Proto-Indo-Europeannem-to distribute; to give, to take
Every word from Ancient Greek -ίκη