Where does “ini” come from?

ini (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic (i)ni(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ini, from Proto-Austronesian *ini — this.

ini (Malay): this

Definitions

  1. this

Ancestry of “ini”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic(i)ni(ʔ)this
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*inithis
3Proto-Austronesian*inithis

Words derived from “ini”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *ini →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ini →Every word from Proto-Malayic (i)ni(ʔ) →