Where does “cchiù” come from?

cchiù (Neapolitan) comes from Latin plūs, from Old Latin plous, from Proto-Indo-European ploh₁is-.

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Ancestry of “cchiù”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinplūsmore; more of
2Old Latinplous—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanploh₁is-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ploh₁is- →Every word from Old Latin plous →Every word from Latin plūs →