Where does “kali” come from?

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

kali (Old Javanese): river

Definitions

  1. river

Ancestry of “kali”, step by step

kali traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankalito dig up; to excavate
2Proto-Austronesiankalihto dig up; to excavate
3Old Javaneseka-passive verb-forming prefix
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianka-marker of past time in temporal expressions
5Proto-Austronesianka-inchoative

via Austronesian *kali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Austronesian*kali—

Words derived from “kali”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian ka- →Every word from Old Javanese ka- →Every word from Proto-Austronesian kalih →