Where does “toheroa” come from?

toheroa (Maori) comes from Maori roa, from Proto-Polynesian loa — long.

Ancestry of “toheroa”, step by step

toheroa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Maori roa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maoriroalong; tall; slow
2Proto-Polynesianloalong

via Maori poz-pol-pro:*tofe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maoripoz-pol-pro:*tofe—

Words derived from “toheroa”

Every word from Proto-Polynesian loa →Every word from Maori roa →