Where does “هيو” come from?

هيو (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic hiu, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic hiu, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan hiu, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi hiu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qihu, from Proto-Austronesian qiSu — shark.

هيو (Malay): Obsolete form of يو

Definitions

  1. Obsolete form of يو

Ancestry of “هيو”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayichiu—
2Proto-Malayo-Chamichiu—
3Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanhiu—
4Proto-Sunda-Sulawesihiu—
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqihushark
6Proto-AustronesianqiSushark

Words derived from “هيو”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian qiSu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qihu →Every word from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi hiu →