Where does “kita” come from?

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

kita (North Moluccan Malay): First person singular pronoun: I, me, my

Definitions

First person singular pronoun: I, me, my

Ancestry of “kita”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Malay	kita	we, us, our; I, me, my; we
2	Proto-Malayic	kita(ʔ)	we, us, our
3	Proto-Malayo-Polynesian	(i-)kita	we, us, our
4	Proto-Austronesian	(i-)kita	we, us, our

Words derived from “kita”

kita

Every word from Proto-Austronesian (i-)kita →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (i-)kita →Every word from Proto-Malayic kita(ʔ) →