Where does “kita(ʔ)” come from?

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

kita(ʔ) (Proto-Malayic): we, us, our

Definitions

  1. we, us, our

Ancestry of “kita(ʔ)”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(i-)kitawe, us, our
2Proto-Austronesian(i-)kitawe, us, our

Words derived from “kita(ʔ)”

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