Where does “hawaiisk” come from?

hawaiisk (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk Hawaii, from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian Sawaiki — traditional homeland.

hawaiisk (Norwegian Nynorsk): Hawaiian relating to Hawaii and Hawaiians

Definitions

  1. Hawaiian relating to Hawaii and Hawaiians

Ancestry of “hawaiisk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian NynorskHawaii—
2HawaiianHawaiʻiHawaiian
3Proto-Nuclear PolynesianSawaikitraditional homeland
Every word from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian Sawaiki →Every word from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi →Every word from Norwegian Nynorsk Hawaii →