Where does “ini” come from?

ini (Tausug) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ini, from Proto-Austronesian *ini — this.

ini (Tausug): this

Definitions

  1. this

Ancestry of “ini”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*inithis
2Proto-Austronesian*inithis
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *ini →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ini →