Where does “datayo” come from?

datayo (Ilocano) comes from Proto-Indo-European -yo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *iu, from Proto-Austronesian *iSu.

datayo (Ilocano): First-person plural inclusive absolutive independent pronoun; we (including you); us (including you)

Definitions

  1. First-person plural inclusive absolutive independent pronoun; we (including you); us (including you)

Ancestry of “datayo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European-yo—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*iu—
3Proto-Austronesian*iSu—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *iSu →