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
Ancestry of “itu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Malayic | (i)tu(ʔ) | that |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | (i-)tu | that |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | (i-)Cu | that |