Where does “kahiji” come from?

kahiji (Sundanese) comes from Sundanese ka-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ka-, from Proto-Austronesian ka- — inchoative.

kahiji (Sundanese): first

Definitions

  1. first

Ancestry of “kahiji”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sundaneseka-verb-forming prefix
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianka-marker of past time in temporal expressions
3Proto-Austronesianka-inchoative
Every word from Proto-Austronesian ka- →Every word from Sundanese ka- →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ka- →