English
honu
Honu comes from Hawaiian honu ‘turtle’, and goes back to Proto-Austronesian *pəñu.
- Proto-Austronesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*pəñureconstructed
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)same form‘turtle’reconstructed
- Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)same formreconstructed
- Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)same formreconstructed
- Proto-Oceanicprehistoric (reconstructed)*poñureconstructed
- Proto-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*fonu‘sea turtle’reconstructed
- Hawaiianmodernhonu‘turtle’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Austronesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*pəñureconstructed
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)same form‘turtle’reconstructed
- Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)same formreconstructed
- Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)same formreconstructed
- Proto-Oceanicprehistoric (reconstructed)*poñureconstructed
- Proto-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*fonu‘sea turtle’reconstructed
- Hawaiianmodernhonu‘turtle’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Proto-Austronesian *pəñu
Today it means
noun A green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Austronesian *pəñu / honu