Where does “puaʻahorofenua” come from?

puaʻahorofenua (Tahitian) comes from Proto-Polynesian fenua, from Proto-Oceanic panua, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian banua, from Proto-Austronesian banua — inhabited land.

puaʻahorofenua (Tahitian): horse

Definitions

  1. horse

Ancestry of “puaʻahorofenua”, step by step

puaʻahorofenua traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Polynesian fenua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesianfenuaworld; land
2Proto-Oceanicpanuainhabited area or territory
3Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*banua—
4Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*banua—
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbanuainhabited land
6Proto-Austronesianbanuainhabited land

via Tahitian puaʻa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tahitianpuaʻapig, hog, swine
2Proto-Polynesianpuakapig, hog
Every word from Proto-Austronesian banua →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian banua →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *banua →