Where does “iu” come from?

iu (Leti) comes from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qiu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qihu, from Proto-Austronesian qiSu — shark.

iu (Leti): shark

Definitions

  1. shark

Ancestry of “iu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*qiu—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqihushark
3Proto-AustronesianqiSushark
Every word from Proto-Austronesian qiSu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qihu →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qiu →