Where does “mu-” come from?

mu- (Indonesian) comes from Malay mu-, from Malay mu, from Malay kamu, from Proto-Malayic kamu(ʔ), from Proto-Austronesian (i-)kamu — you, your pl.

mu- (Indonesian): you

Definitions

  1. you

Ancestry of “mu-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaymu-you
2Malaymuyou; Alternative spelling of -mu
3Malaykamuyou; "Second-person singular pronoun": you, your,...
4Proto-Malayickamu(ʔ)you, your pl
5Proto-Austronesian(i-)kamuyou, your pl
Every word from Proto-Austronesian (i-)kamu →Every word from Proto-Malayic kamu(ʔ) →Every word from Malay kamu →