Etymograph

English

Pohnpei

Pohnpei comes from Pohnpeian Pohnpei.

  1. PohnpeianmodernPohnpei
  2. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. PohnpeianmodernPohnpei
  2. Englishtodaysame form

A compound of pohn ‘on top of’ + pehi ‘altar, stone structure, rock pile’

Today it means

name An island of Micronesia.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Pohnpeian Pohnpei / Pohnpei