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Where does “*-gu” come from?
*-gu (Proto-Oceanic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-ku, from Proto-Austronesian *-ku.
Ancestry of “*-gu”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
*-ku
—
2
Proto-Austronesian
*-ku
—
Words derived from “*-gu”
-gu
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *-ku →
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-ku →