Where does “i” come from?

i (Cemuhî) comes from Proto-Oceanic kutu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian kutu, from Austronesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCux — louse insect.

Ancestry of “i”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanickutulouse generic
2Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesiankutu—
3Austronesian*kutu—
4Proto-Austronesian*kuCuxlouse insect
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *kuCux →Every word from Austronesian *kutu →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian kutu →