Where does “يو” come from?

يو (Malay) comes from Malay هيو, 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.

يو (Malay): shark

Definitions

  1. shark

Ancestry of “يو”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalayهيوObsolete form of يو
2Proto-Malayichiu—
3Proto-Malayo-Chamichiu—
4Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanhiu—
5Proto-Sunda-Sulawesihiu—
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqihushark
7Proto-AustronesianqiSushark
Every word from Proto-Austronesian qiSu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qihu →Every word from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi hiu →