Where does “tuh” come from?

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

tuh (Indonesian): to be

Definitions

  1. to be

Ancestry of “tuh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic(i)tu(ʔ)that
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(i-)tuthat
3Proto-Austronesian(i-)Cuthat
Every word from Proto-Austronesian (i-)Cu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (i-)tu →Every word from Proto-Malayic (i)tu(ʔ) →