Where does “yakuʔ” come from?

yakuʔ (Ngaju) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian (i-)aku — I; me; my.

yakuʔ (Ngaju): I personal pronoun

Definitions

  1. I personal pronoun

Ancestry of “yakuʔ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(i-)akuI; me; my
2Proto-Austronesian(i-)akuI; me; my
Every word from Proto-Austronesian (i-)aku →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (i-)aku →
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