Where does “kaasiannakami” come from?

kaasiannakami (Ilocano) comes from Ilocano -na, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ni-a, from Proto-Austronesian ni-a.

kaasiannakami (Ilocano): have mercy on us

Definitions

  1. have mercy on us

Ancestry of “kaasiannakami”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ilocano-naThird-person singular ergative enclitic pronoun; he, she, it
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianni-a—
3Proto-Austronesianni-a—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian ni-a →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ni-a →Every word from Ilocano -na →