Where does “ni” come from?

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

ni (Malay): this

Definitions

  1. this

Ancestry of “ni”, step by step

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