Where does “-ak” come from?

-ak (Ilocano) comes from Proto-Philippine *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian aku, from Proto-Austronesian aku.

-ak (Ilocano): First-person singular absolutive enclitic pronoun; I, me

Definitions

  1. First-person singular absolutive enclitic pronoun; I, me

Ancestry of “-ak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippine*aku
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianaku
3Proto-Austronesianaku

Words derived from “-ak

Every word from Proto-Austronesian aku
-ak — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer