Where does “kita” come from?

kita (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic kita(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (i-)kita, from Proto-Austronesian (i-)kita — we, us, our.

kita (Malay): we, us, our; I, me, my; we

Definitions

  1. we, us, our; I, me, my; we

Ancestry of “kita”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayickita(ʔ)we, us, our
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(i-)kitawe, us, our
3Proto-Austronesian(i-)kitawe, us, our

Words derived from “kita”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian (i-)kita →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (i-)kita →Every word from Proto-Malayic kita(ʔ) →