Where does “kita” come from?

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

kita (Manado Malay): I, me, my

Definitions

  1. I, me, my

Ancestry of “kita”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1North Moluccan MalaykitaFirst person singular pronoun: I, me, my
2Malaykitawe, us, our; I, me, my; we
3Proto-Malayickita(ʔ)we, us, our
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(i-)kitawe, us, our
5Proto-Austronesian(i-)kitawe, us, our
Every word from Proto-Austronesian (i-)kita →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (i-)kita →Every word from Proto-Malayic kita(ʔ) →