Where does “ijo” come from?

ijo (Acehnese) comes from Proto-Malayic hijaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)qizaw — green.

ijo (Acehnese): green having green as its colour

Definitions

  1. green having green as its colour

Ancestry of “ijo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayichijawgreen
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)qizawgreen
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)qizaw →Every word from Proto-Malayic hijaw →