Where does “pasir” come from?

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

pasir (Classical Malay): sand

Definitions

  1. sand

Ancestry of “pasir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaypasirsand
2Proto-Malayic*pasirsand
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*pasiʀ—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pasiʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayic *pasir →Every word from Malay pasir →
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