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.
يو (Malay): shark
Ancestry of “يو”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | هيو | Obsolete form of يو |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | hiu | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Chamic | hiu | — |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan | hiu | — |
| 5 | Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi | hiu | — |
| 6 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | qihu | — |
| 7 | Proto-Austronesian | qiSu | — |