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.

Haʼooméya (Navajo): Haumea dwarf planet

Definitions

  1. Haumea dwarf planet

Ancestry of “Haʼooméya”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishHaumeaThe goddess of fertility and childbirth
2HawaiianHaumeaHaumea
3Hawaiianmeathing, object; person; Reddish, as water full of...
4Proto-Polynesianmea—
5Proto-Oceanicmeʀaqred having red as its colour
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)iʀaqred
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)iʀaq →Every word from Proto-Oceanic meʀaq →Every word from Proto-Polynesian mea →