Where does “di” come from?

di (Minangkabau) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian di, from Proto-Austronesian di.

Ancestry of “di”, step by step

di traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian di

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandi—
2Proto-Austronesiandi—

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian i

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesiani—
2Proto-Austronesiani—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian di →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian di →