Where does “ikaw” come from?
ikaw (Tagalog) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian i-kahu, from Proto-Austronesian i-kaSu.
ikaw (Tagalog): you
Ancestry of “ikaw”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | i-kahu | — |
| 2 | Proto-Austronesian | i-kaSu | — |