Where does “se-” come from?

se- (Malay) comes from Old Malay sa-, from Proto-Malayic sA-, 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; used to form the comparative of adjectives;...

Definitions

  1. one; used to form the comparative of adjectives;...

Ancestry of “se-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Malaysa-—
2Proto-MalayicsA-one
3Proto-Malayicəsa—
4Proto-Malayo-Chamicəsa—
5Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanəsa—
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəsaone
7Proto-Austronesian*əsa—
8Proto-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 →