Where does “dikau” come from?

dikau (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic kau(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (i-)kahu, from Proto-Austronesian (i-)kaSu — you, your sg.

dikau (Malay): you, your

Definitions

  1. you, your

Ancestry of “dikau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayickau(ʔ)you, your sg
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(i-)kahuyou, your sg
3Proto-Austronesian(i-)kaSuyou, your sg
Every word from Proto-Austronesian (i-)kaSu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (i-)kahu →Every word from Proto-Malayic kau(ʔ) →