Where does “sedikit” come from?

sedikit (Indonesian) comes from Malay sedikit, from Malay se, from Malay ĕsă, from Proto-Malayic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

sedikit (Indonesian): a little

Definitions

  1. a little

Ancestry of “sedikit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysedikita little, a few
2Malayseone
3MalayĕsăObsolete spelling of esa
4Proto-Malayicəsa—
5Proto-Malayo-Chamicəsa—
6Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanəsa—
7Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəsaone
8Proto-Austronesian*əsa—
9Proto-Oceanic*isa—
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *isa →Every word from Proto-Austronesian *əsa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa →