Where does “ahu” come from?

ahu (Mayoyao Ifugao) comes from Proto-Philippine asu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian asu, from Proto-Austronesian asu — dog animal.

ahu (Mayoyao Ifugao): dog

Definitions

  1. dog

Ancestry of “ahu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippineasudog
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianasudog
3Proto-Austronesianasudog animal
Every word from Proto-Austronesian asu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian asu →Every word from Proto-Philippine asu →