Where does “kaya” come from?

kaya (Kapampangan) comes from Kapampangan ka, from Kapampangan ika, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian i-kahu, from Proto-Austronesian i-kaSu.

kaya (Kapampangan): his; her

Definitions

  1. his; her

Ancestry of “kaya”, step by step

kaya traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Kapampangan ka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampangankayou (second person singular)
2Kapampanganikayou exclusive singular
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiani-kahu—
4Proto-Austronesiani-kaSu—

via Kapampangan ya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampanganyahe; she
2Proto-Austronesian(si-)iahe, him, his, she, her, it

via Proto-Austronesian *kania

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesian*kania—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian i-kaSu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian i-kahu →Every word from Kapampangan ika →