Where does “ko” come from?

ko (Maori) comes from Proto-Polynesian *koho, from Proto-Oceanic *kojom.

ko (Maori): Placed at the beginning of nominative phrases to...

Definitions

  1. Placed at the beginning of nominative phrases to...

Ancestry of “ko”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesian*koho
2Proto-Oceanic*kojom
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *kojom
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