Etymology

honu

H4O1N1U1

Today it means: A green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas. Full definition →

Hawaiian hon ← Proto-Polynesian *fonu ← Proto-Oceanic *poñu
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The story

  1. Proto-Austronesian*pəñu
  2. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*pəñu
  3. Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*pəñu
  4. Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*poñu
  5. Proto-Oceanic*poñu
  6. Proto-Polynesian*fonu
  7. Hawaiianhon
  8. English todayhonu

Borrowed from Hawaiian honu.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.