Where does “*kayú” come from?

*kayú (Proto-Philippine) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *iu, from Proto-Austronesian *iSu.

Ancestry of “*kayú”, step by step

*kayú traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *iu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*iu—
2Proto-Austronesian*iSu—

via Proto-Austronesian *iu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesian*iu—

Words derived from “*kayú”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *iSu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *iu →