Where does “*adi” come from?
*adi (Proto-Malayic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *adi, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *wadi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huaji, from Proto-Austronesian Suaji — sibling.
Ancestry of “*adi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Malayo-Chamic | *adi | — |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan | *wadi | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *huaji | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | Suaji | sibling |