Where does “-in-” come from?

-in- (Old Javanese) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-in-, from Proto-Austronesian *-in-.

-in- (Old Javanese): passive voice marker

Definitions

  1. passive voice marker

Ancestry of “-in-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*-in-—
2Proto-Austronesian*-in-—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *-in- →