Where does “pasir” come from?

pasir (Brunei Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic *pasir, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pasiʀ.

pasir (Brunei Malay): sand finely ground rock

Definitions

  1. sand finely ground rock

Ancestry of “pasir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*pasirsand
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*pasiʀ—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pasiʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayic *pasir →