Where does “nasi” come from?

nasi (Brunei Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic *nasi(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asi.

nasi (Brunei Malay): cooked rice

Definitions

  1. cooked rice

Ancestry of “nasi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*nasi(ʔ)cooked rice
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*asi—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asi →Every word from Proto-Malayic *nasi(ʔ) →
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