Where does “kasiam” come from?

kasiam (Kapampangan) comes from Kapampangan ka-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ka-, from Proto-Austronesian ka- — inchoative.

kasiam (Kapampangan): ninth

Definitions

  1. ninth

Ancestry of “kasiam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampanganka-implies companionship or partnership when prefixed to a root
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianka-marker of past time in temporal expressions
3Proto-Austronesianka-inchoative
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