Where does “xalyo” come from?

xalyo (Northern Puebla Nahuatl) comes from Proto-Indo-European -yo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *iu, from Proto-Austronesian *iSu.

xalyo (Northern Puebla Nahuatl): sandy

Definitions

  1. sandy

Ancestry of “xalyo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European-yo—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*iu—
3Proto-Austronesian*iSu—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *iSu →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yo →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *iu →