Where does “*keli,*kali” come from?

*keli,*kali (Proto-Oceanic) comes from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *keli,*kali, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *keli,*kali, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kali, from Proto-Austronesian kalih, from Old Javanese ka-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ka-, from Proto-Austronesian ka- — inchoative.

Ancestry of “*keli,*kali”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*keli,*kali—
2Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*keli,*kali—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankalito dig up; to excavate
4Proto-Austronesiankalihto dig up; to excavate
5Old Javaneseka-passive verb-forming prefix
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesianka-marker of past time in temporal expressions
7Proto-Austronesianka-inchoative

Words derived from “*keli,*kali”

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