Where does “engkau” come from?

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

engkau (Malay): you, your; "Second-person singular pronoun": you,...

Definitions

  1. you, your; "Second-person singular pronoun": you,...

Ancestry of “engkau”, step by step

engkau traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayic kau(ʔ)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayickau(ʔ)you, your sg
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(i-)kahuyou, your sg
3Proto-Austronesian(i-)kaSuyou, your sg

via Proto-Malayic *kau

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*kauyou, your
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiani-kahu
3Proto-Austronesiani-kaSu

Words derived from “engkau

Every word from Proto-Austronesian (i-)kaSuEvery word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (i-)kahuEvery word from Proto-Malayic kau(ʔ)
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