Where does “au” come from?
au (Proto-Oceanic) comes from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian aku, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian aku, from Proto-Austronesian aku.
Ancestry of “au”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | aku | — |
| 2 | Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | aku | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | aku | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | aku | — |