Where does “iko” come from?

iko (Mongondow) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (i-)kahu, from Proto-Austronesian (i-)kaSu — you, your sg.

iko (Mongondow): you (second person singular nominative pronoun)

Definitions

  1. you (second person singular nominative pronoun)

Ancestry of “iko”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(i-)kahuyou, your sg
2Proto-Austronesian(i-)kaSuyou, your sg
Every word from Proto-Austronesian (i-)kaSu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (i-)kahu →
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