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

  1. "Second-person singular pronoun": you, your,...

Ancestry of “kau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykauyou, your; "Second-person singular pronoun": you,...
2Malayengkauyou, your; "Second-person singular pronoun": you,...
3Proto-Malayickau(ʔ)you, your sg
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(i-)kahuyou, your sg
5Proto-Austronesian(i-)kaSuyou, your sg
Every word from Proto-Austronesian (i-)kaSu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (i-)kahu →Every word from Proto-Malayic kau(ʔ) →