Where does “tu” come from?
tu (Malay) comes from Malay itu, from Proto-Malayic (i)tu(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (i-)tu, from Proto-Austronesian (i-)Cu — that.
tu (Malay): that
Ancestry of “tu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | itu | that; it |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | (i)tu(ʔ) | that |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | (i-)tu | that |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | (i-)Cu | that |