Where does “-naku” come from?

-naku (Quechua) comes from Kapampangan na, from Kapampangan nanu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian anu, from Proto-Austronesian (na-)nu — what.

-naku (Quechua): Indicates a reciprocal action

Definitions

  1. Indicates a reciprocal action

Ancestry of “-naku”, step by step

-naku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kapampangan na

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampanganna3rd person singular possessive/ergative pronoun: he; his; she; her; it; its
2Kapampangannanuwhat
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiananuwhat?
4Proto-Austronesian(na-)nuwhat

via Kapampangan ku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampangankumy; mine
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*-ku—
3Proto-Austronesian*-ku—

Words derived from “-naku”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian (na-)nu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian anu →Every word from Kapampangan nanu →