Where does “na” come from?

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

na (Kapampangan): 3rd person singular possessive/ergative pronoun: he; his; she; her; it; its

Definitions

  1. 3rd person singular possessive/ergative pronoun: he; his; she; her; it; its

Ancestry of “na”, step by step

na traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Kapampangan nanu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampangannanuwhat
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiananuwhat?
3Proto-Austronesian(na-)nuwhat

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ni-a

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianni-a—
2Proto-Austronesianni-a—

via Proto-Austronesian *na

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesian*na—

Words derived from “na”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian (na-)nu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian anu →Every word from Kapampangan nanu →