Where does “atin” come from?

atin (Kapampangan) comes from Kapampangan na, from Kapampangan nanu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian anu, from Proto-Austronesian (na-)nu — what.

atin (Kapampangan): there be; there is; there are; to have

Definitions

  1. there be; there is; there are; to have

Ancestry of “atin”, step by step

atin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kapampangan na

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampanganna3rd person singular possessive/ergative pronoun: he; his; she; her; it; its
2Kapampangannanuwhat
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiananuwhat?
4Proto-Austronesian(na-)nuwhat

via Kapampangan ati

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampanganatito exist; to have; to be
Every word from Proto-Austronesian (na-)nu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian anu →Every word from Kapampangan nanu →