Where does “katilu” come from?

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

katilu (Sundanese): third

Definitions

  1. third

Ancestry of “katilu”, 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-