Where does “wa'u” come from?

wa'u (Gorontalo) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian aku, from Proto-Austronesian aku.

Ancestry of “wa'u”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianaku—
2Proto-Austronesianaku—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian aku →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian aku →