Where does “ke mana” come from?

ke mana (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian ke, from Malay ke, from Old Malay ka, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ka, from Proto-Austronesian ka — if.

ke mana (Indonesian): where?

Definitions

  1. where?

Ancestry of “ke mana”, step by step

ke mana traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian ke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianketo
2Malaykeor; to
3Old Malayka—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankaif
5Proto-Austronesiankaif

via Indonesian mana

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianmanawhere, which
Every word from Proto-Austronesian ka →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ka →Every word from Old Malay ka →