Maori ao

← Hawaiian ao (cognate)

← Proto-Polynesian *qao (inherited)

← Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalejaw (inherited)

← Tagalog araw (cognate)

→ English Land of the Long White Cloud (mention)

→ Hawaiian ao (cognate)

→ Maori Aotearoa (affix)

→ Maori Aoraki (compound)

→ Rapa Nui ao (cognate)

→ Thai ดาว (cognate)

→ Tagalog araw (cognate)