Where does “ka-” come from?

ka- (Old Javanese) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ka-, from Proto-Austronesian ka- — inchoative.

ka- (Old Javanese): passive verb-forming prefix

Definitions

  1. passive verb-forming prefix

Ancestry of “ka-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianka-marker of past time in temporal expressions
2Proto-Austronesianka-inchoative

Words derived from “ka-”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian ka- →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ka- →