Where does “Haʼooméya” come from?
Haʼooméya (Navajo) comes from English Haumea, from Hawaiian Haumea, from Hawaiian mea, from Proto-Polynesian mea, from Proto-Oceanic meʀaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)iʀaq — red.
Ancestry of “Haʼooméya”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Haumea | — |
| 2 | Hawaiian | Haumea | — |
| 3 | Hawaiian | mea | thing, object; person; Reddish, as water full of... |
| 4 | Proto-Polynesian | mea | — |
| 5 | Proto-Oceanic | meʀaq | — |
| 6 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | (ma-)iʀaq | red |