Where does “kita” come from?

kita (Mongondow) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kita, from Proto-Austronesian kita — to see; to look; to watch.

kita (Mongondow): we (first person plural inclusive nominative pronoun; including you)

Definitions

  1. we (first person plural inclusive nominative pronoun; including you)

Ancestry of “kita”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankitato see; to look; to watch
2Proto-Austronesiankitato see; to look; to watch
Every word from Proto-Austronesian kita →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kita →