Where does “whakanui” come from?

whakanui (Maori) comes from Maori nui, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian nui — big.

Ancestry of “whakanui”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maorinuibig
2Proto-Nuclear Polynesiannuibig

Words derived from “whakanui”

Every word from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian nui →Every word from Maori nui →