Where does “se” come from?

se (Malay) comes from Malay ĕsă, from Proto-Malayic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa, from Proto-Oceanic *isa.

se (Malay): one

Definitions

  1. one

Ancestry of “se”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalayĕsăObsolete spelling of esa
2Proto-Malayicəsa—
3Proto-Malayo-Chamicəsa—
4Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanəsa—
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəsaone
6Proto-Austronesian*əsa—
7Proto-Oceanic*isa—

Words derived from “se”

Every word from Proto-Oceanic *isa →Every word from Proto-Austronesian *əsa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa →