Where does “ini” come from?

ini (Uneapa) comes from Proto-Oceanic *(i-)ni, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ini, from Proto-Austronesian *ini — this.

ini (Uneapa): that

Definitions

  1. that

Ancestry of “ini”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanic*(i-)ni—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*inithis
3Proto-Austronesian*inithis
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *ini →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ini →Every word from Proto-Oceanic *(i-)ni →