Where does “kini” come from?

kini (Malay) comes from Malay ke, from Old Malay ka, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ka, from Proto-Austronesian ka — if.

kini (Malay): present; now

Definitions

  1. present; now

Ancestry of “kini”, step by step

kini traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay ke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykeor; to
2Old Malayka—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankaif
4Proto-Austronesiankaif

via Malay ini

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayinithis
2Proto-Malayic(i)ni(ʔ)this
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*inithis
4Proto-Austronesian*inithis

Words derived from “kini”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian ka →