Where does “-kayo” come from?

-kayo (Ilocano) comes from Proto-Philippine *kayú, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *iu, from Proto-Austronesian *iSu.

-kayo (Ilocano): Second-person plural absolutive enclitic pronoun; you (all)

Definitions

  1. Second-person plural absolutive enclitic pronoun; you (all)

Ancestry of “-kayo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippine*kayú—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*iu—
3Proto-Austronesian*iSu—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *iSu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *iu →Every word from Proto-Philippine *kayú →