Where does “*kau” come from?

*kau (Proto-Malayic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian i-kahu, from Proto-Austronesian i-kaSu.

*kau (Proto-Malayic): you, your

Definitions

  1. you, your

Ancestry of “*kau”, step by step

*kau traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian i-kahu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesiani-kahu—
2Proto-Austronesiani-kaSu—

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (i-)kahu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(i-)kahuyou, your sg

Words derived from “*kau”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian i-kaSu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian i-kahu →