Where does “ʔahu” come from?

ʔahu (Sika) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian asu, from Proto-Austronesian asu — dog animal.

ʔahu (Sika): dog animal

Definitions

  1. dog animal

Ancestry of “ʔahu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianasudog
2Proto-Austronesianasudog animal
Every word from Proto-Austronesian asuEvery word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian asu