Where does “Hawáai hahoodzo” come from?

Hawáai hahoodzo (Navajo) comes from English Hawaii, from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian Sawaiki — traditional homeland.

Ancestry of “Hawáai hahoodzo”, step by step

Hawáai hahoodzo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Hawaii

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishHawaiiThe largest of the Hawaiian Islands
2HawaiianHawaiʻiHawaiian
3Proto-Nuclear PolynesianSawaikitraditional homeland

via Navajo hahoodzo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajohahoodzoit is marked out; a U.S. state
Every word from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian Sawaiki →Every word from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi →Every word from English Hawaii →