Where does “manuali'i” come from?

manuali'i (Samoan) comes from Samoan manu, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian manu, from Proto-Oceanic manu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian manuk, from Proto-Austronesian manuk — bird; chicken.

manuali'i (Samoan): swamphen

Definitions

  1. swamphen

Ancestry of “manuali'i”, step by step

manuali'i traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Samoan manu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Samoanmanubird
2Proto-Nuclear Polynesianmanuflying bird
3Proto-Oceanicmanu—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianmanukbird
5Proto-Austronesianmanukbird; chicken

via Samoan Ali'i

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SamoanAli'iLord
2Proto-Polynesianqarikinobleman, chief
Every word from Proto-Austronesian manuk →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian manuk →Every word from Proto-Oceanic manu →