Hawaiian aʻu

← Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku (inherited)

← Maori aku (cognate)

← Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku (derived)

← Proto-Oceanic *(i-)au (inherited)

← Proto-Polynesian *au (inherited)

← Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku (inherited)

← Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku (inherited)

→ Hawaiian iaʻu (mention)

→ Tokelauan aku (cognate)