Where does “manira” come from?

manira (Malay) comes from Javanese ꦩꦤꦶꦫ, from Old Javanese manira, from Old Javanese (m)aN-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN- — inflectional prefix marking actor voice.

manira (Malay): I; we

Definitions

  1. I; we

Ancestry of “manira”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JavaneseꦩꦤꦶꦫI first personal pronoun
2Old JavanesemaniraI (first personal pronoun)
3Old Javanese(m)aN-active verb
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*maN-inflectional prefix marking actor voice
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN- →Every word from Old Javanese (m)aN- →Every word from Old Javanese manira →