Where does “hiu” come from?

hiu (Indonesian) comes from Malay hiu, from Proto-Malayic *hiuʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qihu, from Proto-Austronesian qiSu — shark.

hiu (Indonesian): shark

Definitions

  1. shark

Ancestry of “hiu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalayhiuObsolete form of yu; shark
2Proto-Malayic*hiuʔshark
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqihushark
4Proto-AustronesianqiSushark

Words derived from “hiu”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian qiSu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qihu →Every word from Proto-Malayic *hiuʔ →