Where does “kami” come from?

kami (Cebuano) comes from Proto-Austronesian kami — we, us, our.

kami (Cebuano): we; us; Indonesian cinnamon

Definitions

  1. we; us; Indonesian cinnamon

Ancestry of “kami”, step by step

kami traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Austronesian kami

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesiankamiwe, us, our

via Giangan kami

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Giangankami
Every word from Proto-Austronesian kami