Where does “kowe” come from?

kowe (Indonesian) comes from Javanese ꦏꦺꦴꦮꦺ, from Old Javanese ko, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (i-)kahu, from Proto-Austronesian (i-)kaSu — you, your sg.

kowe (Indonesian): Second-person singular pronoun: you, your, yours

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “kowe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Javaneseꦏꦺꦴꦮꦺsecond person pronoun
2Old Javanesekoyou
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(i-)kahuyou, your sg
4Proto-Austronesian(i-)kaSuyou, your sg
Every word from Proto-Austronesian (i-)kaSu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (i-)kahu →Every word from Old Javanese ko →