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