Where does “ha-” come from?

ha- (Uneapa) comes from Proto-Oceanic *ka- — marker of past time in temporal expressions.

Ancestry of “ha-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanic*ka-marker of past time in temporal expressions
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *ka-
ha- — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer