Where does “ngening bengi” come from?

ngening bengi (Kapampangan) comes from Kapampangan ngeni, from Kapampangan ini, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ini, from Proto-Austronesian *ini — this.

ngening bengi (Kapampangan): tonight

Definitions

  1. tonight

Ancestry of “ngening bengi”, step by step

ngening bengi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kapampangan ngeni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampanganngeninow; at present
2Kapampanganinithis
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*inithis
4Proto-Austronesian*inithis

via Kapampangan bengi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampanganbengievening; night
2Proto-Austronesianbəʀŋi—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *ini →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ini →Every word from Kapampangan ini →