Where does “bini” come from?

bini (Ambonese Malay) comes from Malay bini, from Proto-Malayic *bini, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *binahi, from Proto-Austronesian bahi — female, woman.

bini (Ambonese Malay): wife

Definitions

  1. wife

Ancestry of “bini”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybiniwife
2Proto-Malayic*bini—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*binahi—
4Proto-Austronesianbahifemale, woman
Every word from Proto-Austronesian bahi →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *binahi →Every word from Proto-Malayic *bini →
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