Where does “yu” come from?
yu (Malay) comes from Malay hiu, from Proto-Malayic *hiuʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qihu, from Proto-Austronesian qiSu.
yu (Malay): a shark
Ancestry of “yu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | hiu | Obsolete form of yu; shark |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | *hiuʔ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | qihu | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | qiSu | — |