椰油 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

yēyóu

coconut oil

yē palm tree

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 耶 represents the sound.

木 Meaning component

mù tree

耶 Sound component

yé, yē, ye ye (sound)

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	laː

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 由 represents the sound.

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

由 Sound component

yóu cause

Regular Modern

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Baxter-Sagart	yuw	[l][u]	flow(ing)

《說文》：“油，水。出武陵孱陵西，東南〔北〕入江。从水，由聲。”