Where does “nasi” come from?

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

nasi (Dutch): Indonesian-style fried rice; nasi goreng; fried...

Definitions

  1. Indonesian-style fried rice; nasi goreng; fried...

Ancestry of “nasi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiannasicooked rice
2Malaynasicooked rice
3Proto-Malayic*nasi(ʔ)cooked rice
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*asi—

Words derived from “nasi”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asi →Every word from Proto-Malayic *nasi(ʔ) →Every word from Malay nasi →