Where does “au” come from?

au (Proto-Eastern Polynesian) comes from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian au, from Proto-Polynesian au, from Proto-Oceanic (i-)au, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian (i-)aku, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian (i-)aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian (i-)aku — I; me; my.

Ancestry of “au”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Nuclear Polynesianau—
2Proto-PolynesianauI, me, my
3Proto-Oceanic(i-)auI
4Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian(i-)akuI
5Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian(i-)akuI; me; my
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(i-)akuI; me; my
7Proto-Austronesian(i-)akuI; me; my

Words derived from “au”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian (i-)aku →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (i-)aku →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian (i-)aku →
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