Where does “ci” come from?

ci (Indonesian) comes from Sundanese ci, from Sundanese cai, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wahiʀ — water.

ci (Indonesian): weight unit 1/10 tahil (for opium)

Definitions

  1. weight unit 1/10 tahil (for opium)

Ancestry of “ci”, step by step

ci traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sundanese ci

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sundaneseciwater
2Sundanesecaiwater
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwahiʀwater

via Proto-Austronesian *wahiʀ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesian*wahiʀ—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wahiʀ →Every word from Sundanese cai →Every word from Sundanese ci →