Where does “kiri” come from?

kiri (Indonesian) comes from Malay kiri, from Proto-Malayic (kA-)iri, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ka-)wiʀi, from Proto-Austronesian (ka-)wiʀi, from Proto-Austronesian wiʀi — left.

kiri (Indonesian): left

Definitions

  1. left

Ancestry of “kiri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykirileft
2Proto-Malayic(kA-)iri—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ka-)wiʀileft
4Proto-Austronesian(ka-)wiʀileft
5Proto-Austronesianwiʀileft
Every word from Proto-Austronesian wiʀi →Every word from Proto-Austronesian (ka-)wiʀi →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ka-)wiʀi →