Where does “ayo” come from?

ayo (Yoruba) comes from Proto-Indo-European -yo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *iu, from Proto-Austronesian *iSu.

ayo (Yoruba): wife

Definitions

  1. wife

Ancestry of “ayo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European-yo
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*iu
3Proto-Austronesian*iSu

Words derived from “ayo

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *iSu