Where does “asou lasat” come from?

asou lasat (Central Melanau) comes from Central Melanau asou, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian asu, from Proto-Austronesian asu — dog animal.

asou lasat (Central Melanau): skin yellow dog

Definitions

  1. skin yellow dog

Ancestry of “asou lasat”, step by step

asou lasat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Central Melanau asou

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Central Melanauasoudog
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianasudog
3Proto-Austronesianasudog animal

via Central Melanau lasat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Central Melanaulasat—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian asu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian asu →Every word from Central Melanau asou →