Where does “ku-” come from?

ku- (Indonesian) comes from Malay ku-, from Malay ku, from Malay aku, from Proto-Malayic aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian aku, from Proto-Austronesian aku.

ku- (Indonesian): I

Definitions

  1. I

Ancestry of “ku-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayku-I
2MalaykuI; me; my
3MalayakuI; me; my
4Proto-MalayicakuI; me; my
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianaku—
6Proto-Austronesianaku—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian aku →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian aku →Every word from Proto-Malayic aku →