Where does “ikayu” come from?

ikayu (Kapampangan) comes from Proto-Philippine *kayú, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *iu, from Proto-Austronesian *iSu.

ikayu (Kapampangan): you

Definitions

  1. you

Ancestry of “ikayu”, step by step

ikayu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Philippine *kayú

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippine*kayú—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*iu—
3Proto-Austronesian*iSu—

via Proto-Austronesian *si

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesian*si—

Words derived from “ikayu”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *iSu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *iu →Every word from Proto-Philippine *kayú →