Where does “itu” come from?

itu (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic (i)tu(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (i-)tu, from Proto-Austronesian (i-)Cu — that.

itu (Malay): that; it

Definitions

  1. that; it

Ancestry of “itu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic(i)tu(ʔ)that
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(i-)tuthat
3Proto-Austronesian(i-)Cuthat

Words derived from “itu”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian (i-)Cu →