Where does “lîuyò” come from?

lîuyò (Khiamniungan Naga) comes from Proto-Indo-European -yo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *iu, from Proto-Austronesian *iSu.

lîuyò (Khiamniungan Naga): A huge honey bee that returns to previously occupied place for every season

Definitions

  1. A huge honey bee that returns to previously occupied place for every season

Ancestry of “lîuyò”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European-yo—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*iu—
3Proto-Austronesian*iSu—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *iSu →