Where does “гавайский” come from?

гавайский (Russian) comes from Russian Гава́йи, from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian Sawaiki — traditional homeland.

гавайский (Russian): Hawaiian

Definitions

  1. Hawaiian

Ancestry of “гавайский”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianГава́йи—
2HawaiianHawaiʻiHawaiian
3Proto-Nuclear PolynesianSawaikitraditional homeland
Every word from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian Sawaiki →Every word from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi →Every word from Russian Гава́йи →
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