Where does “aku” come from?
aku (Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian) comes from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian aku, from Proto-Austronesian aku.
Ancestry of “aku”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | aku | — |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | aku | — |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | aku | — |