Where does “haha” come from?
haha (Portuguese) comes from English haha, from Hawaiian hāhā, from Hawaiian hā, from Proto-Polynesian fa, from Proto-Oceanic pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat — four.
haha (Portuguese): haha representation of laughter
Definitions
- haha representation of laughter
Ancestry of “haha”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | haha | An onomatopoeic representation of laughter; Type... |
| 2 | Hawaiian | hāhā | Any Gunnera species |
| 3 | Hawaiian | hā | four; fourth; breath, life |
| 4 | Proto-Polynesian | fa | four |
| 5 | Proto-Oceanic | pat | four |
| 6 | Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | pat | four |
| 7 | Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | pat | — |
| 8 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | əpat | four |
| 9 | Proto-Austronesian | Səpat | four |