Where does “ini” come from?
ini (Indonesian) comes from Malay ini, from Proto-Malayic (i)ni(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ini, from Proto-Austronesian *ini.
ini (Indonesian): this
Ancestry of “ini”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | ini | this |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | (i)ni(ʔ) | this |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *ini | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | *ini | — |