Where does “aita” come from?

aita (Kapampangan) comes from Kapampangan ita, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (i-)tu, from Proto-Austronesian (i-)Cu — that.

aita (Kapampangan): used to draw the listener's attention

Definitions

  1. used to draw the listener's attention

Ancestry of “aita”, step by step

aita traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kapampangan ita

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampanganitathat; it far from both the speaker and the person addressed
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(i-)tuthat
3Proto-Austronesian(i-)Cuthat

via Kapampangan a

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampangana—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian (i-)Cu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (i-)tu →Every word from Kapampangan ita →