Where does “ken” come from?
ken (Kapampangan) comes from Kapampangan ka, from Kapampangan ika, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian i-kahu, from Proto-Austronesian i-kaSu.
ken (Kapampangan): there
Definitions
- there
Ancestry of “ken”, step by step
ken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Kapampangan ka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kapampangan | ka | you (second person singular) |
| 2 | Kapampangan | ika | you exclusive singular |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | i-kahu | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | i-kaSu | — |
via Kapampangan iyan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kapampangan | iyan | that far from the speaker, but near the person addressed |