Where does “kayu” come from?

kayu (Old Javanese) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian kaSiw — wood; tree.

kayu (Old Javanese): wood, tree

Definitions

  1. wood, tree

Ancestry of “kayu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankahiwwood; tree
2Proto-AustronesiankaSiwwood; tree
Every word from Proto-Austronesian kaSiw →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kahiw →