Where does “nila” come from?

nila (Cebuano) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ni ida, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ida — they; them.

nila (Cebuano): their postposed

Definitions

  1. their postposed

Ancestry of “nila”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ni ida—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*idathey; them
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ida →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ni ida →