Where does “dia” come from?

dia (Ambonese Malay) comes from Malay dia, from Proto-Malayic ia, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian (si-)ia — he, him, his, she, her, it.

dia (Ambonese Malay): he, she 3rd-person singular personal pronoun

Definitions

  1. he, she 3rd-person singular personal pronoun

Ancestry of “dia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaydiahe, she, it; he; she
2Proto-Malayiciahe, him, his, she, her, it
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(si-)iahe, him, his, she, her, it
4Proto-Austronesian(si-)iahe, him, his, she, her, it

Words derived from “dia”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian (si-)ia →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (si-)ia →Every word from Proto-Malayic ia →