Where does “hiu” come from?

hiu (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic *hiuʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qihu, from Proto-Austronesian qiSu — shark.

hiu (Malay): Obsolete form of yu; shark

Definitions

  1. Obsolete form of yu; shark

Ancestry of “hiu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*hiuʔshark
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqihushark
3Proto-AustronesianqiSushark

Words derived from “hiu”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian qiSu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qihu →Every word from Proto-Malayic *hiuʔ →