Where does “*hiuʔ” come from?

*hiuʔ (Proto-Malayic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qihu, from Proto-Austronesian qiSu — shark.

*hiuʔ (Proto-Malayic): shark

Definitions

  1. shark

Ancestry of “*hiuʔ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqihushark
2Proto-AustronesianqiSushark

Words derived from “*hiuʔ”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian qiSu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qihu →
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