Where does “kali” come from?

kali (Malay) comes from Javanese ꦏꦭ, from Old Javanese kali, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kali, from Proto-Austronesian kalih, from Old Javanese ka-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ka-, from Proto-Austronesian ka- — inchoative.

kali (Malay): Obsolete form of gali; river; times

Definitions

  1. Obsolete form of gali; river; times

Ancestry of “kali”, step by step

kali traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Javanese ꦏꦭ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Javaneseꦏꦭtime; season; bird noose or snare
2Old Javanesekaliriver
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankalito dig up; to excavate
4Proto-Austronesiankalihto dig up; to excavate
5Old Javaneseka-passive verb-forming prefix
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesianka-marker of past time in temporal expressions
7Proto-Austronesianka-inchoative

via Proto-Malayic kali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayickali—

Words derived from “kali”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian ka- →Every word from Old Javanese ka- →Every word from Proto-Austronesian kalih →