Where does “itu” come from?

itu (Indonesian) comes from Malay itu, from Proto-Malayic (i)tu(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (i-)tu, from Proto-Austronesian (i-)Cu — that.

itu (Indonesian): that; it

Definitions

  1. that; it

Ancestry of “itu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayituthat; it
2Proto-Malayic(i)tu(ʔ)that
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(i-)tuthat
4Proto-Austronesian(i-)Cuthat

Words derived from “itu”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian (i-)Cu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (i-)tu →Every word from Proto-Malayic (i)tu(ʔ) →
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