Malay pilih

← Proto-Austronesian *piliq (inherited)

← Proto-Malayic *pilih (inherited)

← Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *piliq (inherited)

→ Aklanon pili' (cognate)

→ Indonesian pilih (inherited)

→ Malay pilihan (affix)

→ Malay pemilih (prefix)

→ Tetum hili (cognate)

→ Tagalog pili (cognate)