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

left

Ancestry of “kiri”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Malay	kiri	left
2	Proto-Malayic	(kA-)iri	—
3	Proto-Malayo-Polynesian	(ka-)wiʀi	left
4	Proto-Austronesian	(ka-)wiʀi	left
5	Proto-Austronesian	wiʀi	left

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