Where does “ꦏꦶꦠ” come from?

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

ꦏꦶꦠ (Javanese): plural inclusive first person pronoun, we

Definitions

  1. plural inclusive first person pronoun, we

Ancestry of “ꦏꦶꦠ”, 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-)kitaEvery word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (i-)kitaEvery word from Proto-Malayic kita(ʔ)