Where does “kau” come from?
kau (Indonesian) comes from Malay kau, from Malay engkau, from Proto-Malayic kau(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (i-)kahu, from Proto-Austronesian (i-)kaSu — you, your sg.
kau (Indonesian): "Second-person singular pronoun": you, your,...
Definitions
- "Second-person singular pronoun": you, your,...
Ancestry of “kau”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Malay | kau | you, your; "Second-person singular pronoun": you,... |
| 2 | Malay | engkau | you, your; "Second-person singular pronoun": you,... |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | kau(ʔ) | you, your sg |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | (i-)kahu | you, your sg |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | (i-)kaSu | you, your sg |