Where does “klei” come from?

klei (Rade) comes from Proto-Chamic *kalɛy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kali, from Proto-Austronesian kalih, from Old Javanese ka-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ka-, from Proto-Austronesian ka- — inchoative.

klei (Rade): string; rope; wire; human sound; language

Definitions

  1. string; rope; wire; human sound; language

Ancestry of “klei”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Chamic*kalɛy—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankalito dig up; to excavate
3Proto-Austronesiankalihto dig up; to excavate
4Old Javaneseka-passive verb-forming prefix
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianka-marker of past time in temporal expressions
6Proto-Austronesianka-inchoative

Words derived from “klei”

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