Where does “kita” come from?

kita (Indonesian) comes from Malay kita, from Proto-Malayic kita(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (i-)kita, from Proto-Austronesian (i-)kita — we, us, our.

kita (Indonesian): we; our / ours

Definitions

  1. we; our / ours

Ancestry of “kita”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykitawe, us, our; I, me, my; we
2Proto-Malayickita(ʔ)we, us, our
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(i-)kitawe, us, our
4Proto-Austronesian(i-)kitawe, us, our
Every word from Proto-Austronesian (i-)kita →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (i-)kita →Every word from Proto-Malayic kita(ʔ) →