Where does “ني” come from?
ني (Malay) comes from Malay اين, from Proto-Malayic (i)ni(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ini, from Proto-Austronesian *ini.
ني (Malay): this
Ancestry of “ني”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | اين | this |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | (i)ni(ʔ) | this |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *ini | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | *ini | — |