Where does “atu” come from?

atu (Itawit) comes from Proto-Philippine asu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian asu, from Proto-Austronesian asu — dog animal.

atu (Itawit): dog

Definitions

  1. dog

Ancestry of “atu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippineasudog
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianasudog
3Proto-Austronesianasudog animal
Every word from Proto-Austronesian asu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian asu →Every word from Proto-Philippine asu →