Where does “keni” come from?

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

keni (Kapampangan): here

Definitions

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Ancestry of “keni”, step by step

keni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kapampangan ka

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

via Kapampangan ini

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampanganinithis
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*inithis
3Proto-Austronesian*inithis
Every word from Proto-Austronesian i-kaSu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian i-kahu →Every word from Kapampangan ika →