Where does “tau” come from?
tau (Kapampangan) comes from Proto-Philippine tau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tau, from Proto-Austronesian Cau — person, human being.
tau (Kapampangan): person; human
Ancestry of “tau”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Philippine | tau | — |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | tau | person, human |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | Cau | person, human being |