Where does “se-” come from?
se- (Classical Malay) comes from Malay se-, from Old Malay sa-, from Proto-Malayic sA-, from Proto-Malayic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.
se- (Classical Malay): one; same
Ancestry of “se-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | se- | one; used to form the comparative of adjectives;... |
| 2 | Old Malay | sa- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | sA- | one |
| 4 | Proto-Malayic | əsa | — |
| 5 | Proto-Malayo-Chamic | əsa | — |
| 6 | Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan | əsa | — |
| 7 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | əsa | one |
| 8 | Proto-Austronesian | *əsa | — |
| 9 | Proto-Oceanic | *isa | — |