Where does “*kayuʔ” come from?

*kayuʔ (Proto-Malayic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian kaSiw — wood; tree.

*kayuʔ (Proto-Malayic): wood

Definitions

  1. wood

Ancestry of “*kayuʔ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankahiwwood; tree
2Proto-AustronesiankaSiwwood; tree

Words derived from “*kayuʔ

Every word from Proto-Austronesian kaSiw