Where does “-yo” come from?

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

Ancestry of “-yo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*iu—
2Proto-Austronesian*iSu—

Words derived from “-yo”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *iSu →