Where does “kaku” come from?
kaku (Proto-Japonic) comes from Kapampangan aku, from Proto-Philippine *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian aku, from Proto-Austronesian aku.
kaku (Proto-Japonic): to scratch; to write
Ancestry of “kaku”, step by step
kaku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Kapampangan aku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Kapampangan | aku | I; me; my |
| 2 | Proto-Philippine | *aku | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | aku | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | aku | — |
via Kapampangan ka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Kapampangan | ka | you (second person singular) |
| 2 | Kapampangan | ika | you exclusive singular |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | i-kahu | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | i-kaSu | — |
Words derived from “kaku”