Where does “ari” come from?
ari (Javanese) comes from Old Javanese aḍi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huaji, from Proto-Austronesian Suaji — sibling.
ari (Javanese): sibling
Ancestry of “ari”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Javanese | aḍi | sibling |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *huaji | — |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | Suaji | sibling |